Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop

From	Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop
Date	2017-05-09 21:50 +0200
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Richard Owlett composed on 2017-05-09 13:59 (UTC-0500):

> Felix Miata wrote:

> I'm not afraid of the command line ;/
...
>> Properly configured, what shows up on the external display should be
>> controlled by moving the mouse pointer toward the part of the laptop
>> screen you wish to see on the VGA screen.
...
> OK that tells me that what I want is possible.
> It also suggests that what I want is a reasonable approximation of SOP.
> When I adjust items in Systems->Preferences->Hardware->Displays the 
> effects of my actions *DO NOT* make sense to me.
> I need documentation of the "Monitor Preferences" menu *WITH PICTURES*.

I won't be providing any assistance including pictures before I can create what
you want locally, but I won't be creating locally without possession of basic
specifications of your '17 inch VGA display' device. Is it an LCD/LED? A CRT? Is
it limited to VGA mode (640x480)? Is its native mode 1280x1024 (common among 17"
LCDs)? Is VGA mode 640x480 what you wish used (lower DPI aka display density =
bigger images and text)?

A look at Xorg.0.log would help identify display specifications if a simpler set
cannot be located. Better here than Xorg.0.log would be output from 'xrandr -q'.
-- 
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words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation)

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Thread

Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-05-09 18:00 +0200
  Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Julian Rüger <jr98@gmx.net> - 2017-05-09 19:00 +0200
    Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Julian Rüger <jr98@gmx.net> - 2017-05-09 19:10 +0200
      Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-05-10 15:20 +0200
  Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-05-09 19:00 +0200
    Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-05-09 21:10 +0200
      Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-05-09 21:50 +0200
      Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2017-05-10 01:50 +0200
      Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-05-10 02:50 +0200
        Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Johann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com> - 2017-05-10 08:20 +0200
          Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2017-05-10 08:50 +0200
          Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-05-10 09:10 +0200
          Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-05-10 15:30 +0200

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