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      "name": "Egon Willighagen",
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      "url": "https://chem-bla-ics.linkedchemistry.info/2006/01/03/kubuntu-xrandr-and-tv-out.html",
      "title": "Kubuntu, XRandR and TV-OUT",
      "content_html": "<p>One of the things I had not fully figured out up to today, was how to configure my <a href=\"http://www.kubuntu.org/\">Kubuntu</a> system to easily view DVDs on our TV,\nusing my <a href=\"http://www.nvidia.com/\">NVIDIA</a>’s TV-OUT. I’ve seen xorg.conf files that define a X11 server for the monitor and a second for the TV, and files\nthat use TwinView. Now, I did not really like the way first option worked, so tried the second.</p>\n\n<p>Unfortunately, I had to reconfigure and restart my X11 each time my kids wanted to see <a href=\"https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_de_Bouwer\">Bob the Builder <i class=\"fa-solid fa-recycle fa-xs\"></i></a>.\nI already knew about <a href=\"http://wiki.x.org/X11R6.8.1/doc/Xrandr.3.html\">XRandR</a>, and today finally had a look at it again, and got it to work without much\ntrouble this time. (Lesson: if something does not work, let it rest and try again half a year later.)</p>\n\n<p>For the googlers, this is what my <a href=\"http://wiki.x.org/X11R6.8.0/doc/xorg.conf.5.html\">xorg.conf</a> <code class=\"language-plaintext highlighter-rouge\">Screen</code> section now looks like:</p>\n\n<div class=\"language-plaintext highlighter-rouge\"><div class=\"highlight\"><pre class=\"highlight\"><code>Section \"Screen\"\n Identifier \"Default Screen\"\n Device  \"NVIDIA Corporation NV18 [GeForce4 MX 4000 AGP 8x]\"\n Monitor  \"Hansol H711\"\n DefaultDepth 24\n Option \"TwinView\" \"on\"\n Option \"TwinViewOrientation\" \"clone\"\n Option \"SecondMonitorHorizSync\"     \"30-50\"\n Option \"SecondMonitorVertRefresh\"   \"60\"\n Option  \"MetaModes\" \"1280x1024,1280x1024;1024x768,1024x768\"\n Option \"TVStandard\" \"PAL-B\"\n Option \"TVOutFormat\" \"SVIDEO\"\n Option \"ConnectedMonitor\" \"crt, tv\"\n SubSection \"Display\"\n  Depth  24\n  Modes  \"1280x1024\" \"1024x768\" \"832x624\" \"800x600\" \"720x400\" \"640x480\"\n EndSubSection\nEndSection\n</code></pre></div></div>\n\n<p>And now, to switch resolution, I can just do:</p>\n\n<div class=\"language-shell highlighter-rouge\"><div class=\"highlight\"><pre class=\"highlight\"><code><span class=\"nb\">sudo </span>xrandr <span class=\"nt\">-s</span> 1\n<span class=\"c\"># watch DVD</span>\n<span class=\"nb\">sudo </span>xrandr <span class=\"nt\">-s</span> 0\n</code></pre></div></div>\n\n<p>PS. Happy new year!</p>",
      "summary": "One of the things I had not fully figured out up to today, was how to configure my Kubuntu system to easily view DVDs on our TV, using my NVIDIA’s TV-OUT. I’ve seen xorg.conf files that define a X11 server for the monitor and a second for the TV, and files that use TwinView. Now, I did not really like the way first option worked, so tried the second.",
      
      "date_published": "2006-01-03T00:00:00+00:00",
      "date_modified": "2023-08-09T00:00:00+00:00",
      "tags": ["kde","linux"],
      
      
      
      
      
      
        "authors": [ { "name": "Egon Willighagen", "url": "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7542-0286" } ]
      
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