[ale] Sharp Projector

[Eric Z. Ayers]

Hello Jim,

We sometimes use a flat panel when we take a demo of our product on
the road.  Here are some problems you might have using a laptop with
Linux and an  LCD panel/projector based on my experience:

 -  The laptop's external port is not turned on.  Sometimes you
    can do this with some special key sequence.  On at least one
    laptop we had, I had to edit XF86Config and turn on some special
    options that would enable the external monitor port.  Fortunately,
    the configuration program that came with Red Hat put these
    options in the file and left them commented out.  You might 
    be able to find them with a 'man XF86_SVGA' (or what every other 
    server you are running)

 -  Resolution/scan frequency is not within the range of the
    projector.  You'll have to tune XFree86 by looking at the 
    projector manual.

 -  The laptop will lock up if you 'suspend' it and not come back.  
    The solution here is usually to recompile the kernel and enable
    APM support.

Hope that helps - good luck!

-Eric.

Jim Williams writes:
 > I never got a chance to get to the projector in time
 > to try to get it to work again. My partner tried for a
 > bit but was unsuccessful. The presentation was this
 > (Saturday) morning.  We resorted to win but we did
 > uses Star Office so I was able to create the
 > presentation on my box.  I just did not have enough
 > time because I did not know I would have the laptop
 > till Thursday night.  It went very well though.  I
 > will need to do another presentation soon so I am
 > interested in getting one working (this time I will
 > use the one at work so I have access to it as I need)
 > so I will post some more exact questions when I get a
 > chance to try it.
 > 
 > --- Wandered Inn <esoteric at denali.atlnet.com> wrote: