[Klug-general] Second monitor driver for LXDF setup

[Michael E. Rentell]

Thanks for that thoughtful reply Aitch.

At the moment I am almost totally satisfied with LXDF and as I am sold 
on PCLOS with KDE 4.6 on my main desktop I really would like to stick 
with PCLOS/LXDF on the old laptop. As I say, everything works very well 
and I use LibreOffice which is much better than OOo. I shall upgrade 
this laptop with some more RAM and a bigger HD later in April so 
capacity isn't a problem. The only problem is accessing the D-9 socket 
at the back for a second monitor. If I load PCLOS/KDE 4.6 on the laptop 
then the socket becomes available but it flickers a lot. I now suspect 
that if I turn off the Compiz flashiness, then the flickering will stop 
and it will be usable. But then it becomes very slow because of the load 
imposed by KDE.

Ideally I need a lightweight gui (I can't show other people's PowerPoint 
presentations without a gui) and LibreOffice on a laptop system which 
retains access to the D-9 socket.

I'll look closely at your suggestions and see what I can achieve. I 
appreciate your thinking about my problems.

MikeR

On 30/03/11 19:47, nic dan wrote:
> Hi Mike
>
> Puppy linux can use Open Office Impress/Powerpoint, though it is 
> recommended to use an .sfs instead of the usual .pet, as Oo is very 
> large - bigger than puppy itself [Puppy is around 120mb]
> The ndiswrapper is a bad way to connect a Belkin, and most 
> wifi/network adapters install directly, as do multiple monitors, 
> though sometimes there is a configuration tweak/resolution tweak needed
>
> see
>
> http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=47597&sid=f2657e114aefa2176fd1cdd9bd750830
> http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=63216&sid=81cb2aa61ea2dfa12f95d8194ad69ad3
> http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=63251
>
> Many different window managers are possible, it is highly 
> configurable, and fast on older hardware/low ram/slow cpu boxes -runs 
> in ram, from CD or USB stick as a 'frugal install' or full install on 
> USB/harddrive
>
> Other windows progs can be run using Wine, if needed, but see
>
> http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Linux_software_equivalent_to_Windows_software
> http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html
>
> Try it!
>
> Aitch
> =====================================================
> > Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:57:54 +0100
> > From: michael.rentell at ntlworld.com
> > To: kent at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > Subject: [Klug-general] Second monitor driver for LXDF setup
> >
> > Afternoon all,
> >
> > I've junked WinXP on my old Tosh Satellite laptop and replaced it with
> > Linux. I tried a few lightweight versions but eventually settled on 
> LXDF
> > from PCLinuxOS, mainly because it keeps all the simple tools I'm 
> used to
> > with PCLOS KDE 4.6.
> >
> > Everything works very nippily; even my Belkin PCMCIA wireless network
> > card under ndiswrapper.
> >
> > The only thing that doesn't work is the second monitor which should be
> > available via a D-9 socket on the back. There is an option in
> > PCLOS-Control Centre/Configure Video Card/Options/Enable Duplicate
> > Display on Duplicate Monitor. I've reset that but still nothing visible
> > when I plug in a plasma screen with a D-9 plug, even after a re-boot.
> >
> > I want to take this laptop to a symposium and use it to display Impress
> > (and Pwrpnt!) presentations via a plasma screen available in the 
> auditorium.
> >
> > Anyone any idea how that might be achieved? Is there some tweak or 
> drive
> > I might try that isn't obvious to my ageing faculties?
> >
> > Just thought I'd ask.
> >
> > MikeR
> >
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