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[Wesley Stout <wesleystout@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wesley Stout has proposed merging lp:~wesleystout/openlp/documentation into lp:openlp.

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  OpenLP Core (openlp-core)

For more details, see:
https://code.launchpad.net/~wesleystout/openlp/documentation/+merge/54944

added description to handle dual monitor issues with intel video cards
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https://code.launchpad.net/~wesleystout/openlp/documentation/+merge/54944
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=== modified file 'documentation/manual/source/dualmonitors.rst'
--- documentation/manual/source/dualmonitors.rst	2011-03-11 10:48:48 +0000
+++ documentation/manual/source/dualmonitors.rst	2011-03-26 05:18:29 +0000
@@ -180,3 +180,46 @@
 Click :guilabel:`Save` and you should be set. You may want to restart X or
 your machine just to make sure all the settings carry over the next time you log
 in.
+
+Linux Systems With Intel Video
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Generally systems with Intel video cards work very well. They are well supported
+by open source drivers. There are, however, a couple of issues that may require
+some work arounds.
+
+**Resolution Issue**
+
+There is a limitation with certain cards that limits the total resolution to
+2048x2048, so both monitors can not have a total resolution totaling more than
+that. To work around this it may be necessary to position your monitor as a top
+or bottom monitor as opposed to the typical side by side setup. This can easily
+be accomplished through your desktop's control of monitors. Please see the 
+sections on dual monitors with KDE and GNOME above.
+
+**Primary Monitor Issues**
+
+With certain cards your system may get confused on what is the primary display.
+For example many users will be using a laptop. You will want your laptop screen 
+to be the primary screen, and your projector to be the secondary monitor.
+Certain Intel cards reverse this. To work around this you will need to know the
+name of your monitor. If you are a KDE user this info is given to you in the 
+display settings. If you are not using KDE enter the following in a terminal
+without your projector connected to your computer::
+
+  user@linux:~ $ xrandr -q
+  
+This will give you a long string of output. Screen names will be something along 
+the lines of LVDM, VGA-0 or some convention similar to that. Without your
+projector connected to your computer only one monitor show as being connected.
+That will be the monitor you will need as the primary. Now connect your 
+projector and enter::
+
+  user@linux:~ $ xrandr --output LVDM --primary
+
+**Note** it has been reported that when this issue is occurring you will not 
+want to connect your projector until your desktop is running. 
+
+
+
+