Fabzil
November 23rd, 2014, 09:07 PM
Hello everyone !
I recently made a clean install of Lubuntu on a laptop Acer TravelMate 2430 and I'm almost done regarding its new role, except I can't get the dual screen to work.
My goal is to use my TV as a screen (so having ONLY the TV as screen is also OK)
Current situation is :
- If I boot the computer without the TV plugged in, and then I plug it, it doesn't work. On my TV menu, the HDMI4/DVI PC slot is grayed out and if I click on it, it says : "This source is not connected. Please check connexion". If I hit the Fn+F5 to change the current screen, my laptop screen is black but the TV still doesn't detect the computer. I installed ARandR and it doesn't detect the TV screen :(
- If I boot the computer WITH the TV plugged in, then the screen is detected. I can choose between having the desktop only on the TV, or on both screens. Problem is : the text is REALLY small. The resolution seems to be the same but the "system text" is ridiculously small :( !
(screenshot added)
http://s27.postimg.org/hu00s1yin/2014_11_23_205842_1280x800_scrot.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/hu00s1yin/)
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The TV is a Samsung Smart TV. I'm connected to the computer with a VGA2HDMI adapter which has been used with other computer and worked.
The console is helping us out :
fabzil-TravelMate-2430:~$ lspci
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter
fabzil-TravelMate-2430:~$ sudo lshw -C video
[sudo] password for fabzil:
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm agp agp-3.0 vga_controller cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:e8000000-efffffff memory:e2100000-e211ffff ioport:9000(size=128)
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Please help me to have my TV as a normal screen :)
Have a nice day!
I recently made a clean install of Lubuntu on a laptop Acer TravelMate 2430 and I'm almost done regarding its new role, except I can't get the dual screen to work.
My goal is to use my TV as a screen (so having ONLY the TV as screen is also OK)
Current situation is :
- If I boot the computer without the TV plugged in, and then I plug it, it doesn't work. On my TV menu, the HDMI4/DVI PC slot is grayed out and if I click on it, it says : "This source is not connected. Please check connexion". If I hit the Fn+F5 to change the current screen, my laptop screen is black but the TV still doesn't detect the computer. I installed ARandR and it doesn't detect the TV screen :(
- If I boot the computer WITH the TV plugged in, then the screen is detected. I can choose between having the desktop only on the TV, or on both screens. Problem is : the text is REALLY small. The resolution seems to be the same but the "system text" is ridiculously small :( !
(screenshot added)
http://s27.postimg.org/hu00s1yin/2014_11_23_205842_1280x800_scrot.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/hu00s1yin/)
=====
The TV is a Samsung Smart TV. I'm connected to the computer with a VGA2HDMI adapter which has been used with other computer and worked.
The console is helping us out :
fabzil-TravelMate-2430:~$ lspci
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter
fabzil-TravelMate-2430:~$ sudo lshw -C video
[sudo] password for fabzil:
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx PCIE VGA Display Adapter
vendor: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm agp agp-3.0 vga_controller cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:e8000000-efffffff memory:e2100000-e211ffff ioport:9000(size=128)
=====
Please help me to have my TV as a normal screen :)
Have a nice day!