Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop

2017-05-10 Thread Richard Owlett
On 05/10/2017 01:15 AM, Johann Spies wrote: arandr is a graphical frontend to xrandr. Having started to read the man page for xrandr I launched arandr. A few minutes of experimentation got me a quite usable interim solution to an immediate problem - legibly displaying mariadb documentation.

Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop

2017-05-10 Thread Richard Owlett
On 05/09/2017 11:49 AM, Julian Rüger wrote: On a closer look, kmag seems much more intuitive than xzoom. The other instructions still work, just replace xzoom with kmag. In step 9, click the "Mouse" button in kmag's toolbar, to make it follow your mouse cursor. Does that work for you? I did

Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop

2017-05-10 Thread Felix Miata
Johann Spies composed on 2017-05-10 08:15 (UTC+0200): > Felix Miata wrote: >> After an xrandr man page refresh, using the following in a startup script: ... >> xrandr --fb 1920x1200 >> xrandr --dpi 120 --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1920x1200 >> xrandr --output VGA-1 --pos 0x0 --

Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop

2017-05-09 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 05/09/2017 11:15 PM, Johann Spies wrote: arandr is a graphical frontend to xrandr. Johann Yep! -- Jimmy Johnson Debian Sid/Testing - Plasma 5.8.6 - Intel I5-3320M - EXT4 at sda8 Registered Linux User #380263

Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop

2017-05-09 Thread Johann Spies
On 10 May 2017 at 02:42, Felix Miata wrote: > Richard Owlett composed on 2017-05-09 13:59 (UTC-0500): > ... >> I need documentation of the "Monitor Preferences" menu *WITH PICTURES*. >>... > One picture. > > After an xrandr man page refresh, using the following in a startup script: > > xra

Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop

2017-05-09 Thread Felix Miata
Richard Owlett composed on 2017-05-09 13:59 (UTC-0500): ... > I need documentation of the "Monitor Preferences" menu *WITH PICTURES*. >... One picture. After an xrandr man page refresh, using the following in a startup script: xrandr --fb 1920x1200 xrandr --dpi 120 --output DVI-I

Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop

2017-05-09 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 09 May 2017, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/09/2017 11:57 AM, Felix Miata wrote: > I'm not afraid of the command line ;/ ... > counselor. With the standard aptitude tests I scored so low on spatial > relationships that I could not be found in the statistical mud when compared ... > an e

Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop

2017-05-09 Thread Felix Miata
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

Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop

2017-05-09 Thread Richard Owlett
On 05/09/2017 11:57 AM, Felix Miata wrote: Richard Owlett composed on 2017-05-09 10:57 (UTC-0500): [snip] I need basic instructions *WITH PICTURES*. I want a full screen display on the laptop. I want a blow-up of a portion of the display on the external display. To get what I think you're aski

Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop

2017-05-09 Thread Julian Rüger
EDIT: On a closer look, kmag seems much more intuitive than xzoom. The other instructions still work, just replace xzoom with kmag. In step 9, click the "Mouse" button in kmag's toolbar, to make it follow your mouse cursor. Does that work for you? Best, Julian

Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop

2017-05-09 Thread Felix Miata
Richard Owlett composed on 2017-05-09 10:57 (UTC-0500): > I have a Lenovo T510 laptop -- wide and short display. Googling tells me it's a 1600x900 15.6" display. Is that what your is? If so, it's native pixel density is 117 DPI. > When I chose a tri-focal readable font size it displays to few li

Re: Using 2nd monitor with Stretch and MATE desktop

2017-05-09 Thread Julian Rüger
Hi Richard! First of all, sorry, no pictures. An easy solution, without trying to achieve what you want on a low level, is to use a screen magnifier such as xzoom. 1. Install the package "xzoom" (sudo apt-get install xzoom) or use the package manager of your choice. 2. Open mate-display-propertie