Widescreen Optimum Use

[James Knott]

Duncan MacGregor wrote:
> On December 16, 2009 10:45:02 am you wrote:
>    
>> Duncan MacGregor wrote:
>>      
>>> I use Mandriva, and I find that a monitor directly connected  to PS output will be sensed properly and set up
>>> by Mandriva. I find that if I go through a KVM switch, Mandriva cannot sense the monitor  correctly, and gave  me a default screen of 1024 x 768 and a stretched picture.
>>>
>>> It took a while to figure out that the KVM switch was doing this to me.
>>>
>>>        
>> Are you using VGA connection?
>>      
> Yes. I found that for Initial device setup,
> Inital configuration was successful when I bypassed the KVM switch. I used a female-female VGA connector for that.
> After setup was complete, I could go back to the KVM switch.
>
>    
I guess I have some experimenting to do, when I have a bit of spare 
time.  Kinda busy running around these days.  Something about this time 
of year.  ;-)


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