[NCLUG] epson ex5210

[Rick Ross]

Maybe "terminal-ator"?

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Chad Perrin <perrin at apotheon.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 10:32:43PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Chad Perrin wrote:
> > > N0WIQ Kerry wrote:
> > > > I just got an epson EX5210 and I am having trouble using it with my
> > > > UBUNTU-12.04-amd64 op-system.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone have possibility a suggestion of what I might have to do?
> > >
> > > Wild-ass guess, based on almost no information at all:
> > >
> > >     xrandr --auto
> >
> > I like using the GUI program 'lxrandr' for this purpose.  Ubuntu is
> > not Debian but on my Debian system this works:
> >
> > Install 'lxrandr'.  Then after it is installed there will be a new
> > menu item under [System], [Preferences], [Monitor Settings].  That
> > will bring up a GUI where you can select your display.  It also runs
> > 'xrandr --auto' as Chad suggested above and just bringing up the GUI
> > might enable your second display automatically.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > P.S. Of course being the command line person that I am the following
> > does it all from the command line.
> >
> >   $ su -
> >   # apt-get update
> >   # apt-get install lxrandr
> >   $ exit
> >   $ lxrandr
>
> I'm not sure "command line person" is quite accurate in this case, but
> good idea bringing up GUI front-ends to RandR config, in any case.
>
> --
> Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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