[kde-doc-english] Help pages fir display are not accurate.

[Doug Jernigan]

None of this documentation is correct or relevant to KDE 4.1
none of these features exist!!!!!


Richard Johnson
Revision 1.01.00 (2007-07-29)
Table of Contents
Monitor & Display
Size, Orientation, & Position
Color & Gamma
Hardware
Power saving
Monitor & Display
 This module allows you to change the various monitor and display settings.
 Changes in this module are stored in /etc/X11/xorg.conf and are the main
settings that control the refresh rate, resolution, color, power saving, and
driver configuration. This module is separated into four sections:
 Size, Orientation, & Positioning (see the section called "Size,
Orientation, & Position")
 Color & Gamma (see the section called "Color & Gamma")
 Hardware (see the section called "Hardware")
 Power saving (see the section called "Power saving")
Size, Orientation, & Position
 This section allows you to configure the Screen size, Refresh, Monitor
Orientation, as well as a Second screen if you have one installed.
Monitor Orientation
Normal
 This is the default setting and the most common setting. This will cause
your desktop to be displayed horizontally.
Left edge on top
 This setting will allow you to rotate your desktop ninety degrees
clockwise, or to the right. Screen resolutions are greater horizontally, so
this setting is used mostly for people who write often and need a page to be
displayed longer than it would be in the Normal orientation.
Right edge on top
 This is the same as the previous, Left edge on top, however it rotates your
desktop ninety degrees counter-clockwise, or to the left.
Upsidedown
 This option flips your desktop orientation horizontally, making the desktop
appear upside down. This is used if you were to mount your monitor upside
down from a shelving unit or such. After doing so, selecting this will make
your desktop appear correctly and not upside down.
Second screen
Clone primary screen
 This option puts your desktop on both displays.
Dual screen
 This option extends your desktop to another screen providing you with
double the amount of workspace.
Screen size
Lower
 This side of the slider provides a lower resolution.
Higher
 This side of the slider provides a higher resolution.
Resolution
Dropdown dialog
 This dropdown selection allows you to select a proper resolution. Depending
on your monitor, you may only have one selection.
Color & Gamma
 This section allows you to configure the color calibration of your display
by utilizing a pre-configured setting or by your own custom setting. Unless
you are sure about what settings you need, the default color and gamma is
usually the best.
Color calibration image
 Gamma controls how your monitor displays colors.
 For accurate color reproduction, adjust the gamma correction sliders until
the squares blend into the background as much as possible.
Screen
Dropdown dialog
 This option allows you to select the screen you would like to configure.
You will only have Screen 1 as a selection unless you have more than one
display.
Gamma correction
All
 This slider allows you to control the red, green, and blue colors at one
time in unison.
Red, Green, Blue
 This selection allows you independently change each color setting to your
preference.
Target gamma
Dropdown dialog
 This dropdown dialog allows you to select from various pre-configured
settings which are considered an industry standard in some aspects.
Hardware
 This section allows you to configure hardware and driver settings for your
graphics card(s) as well as monitor(s).
Administrative access
 In order to make changes to this section, you will need to press the
Administrator Mode button and enter your user password when prompted. You
will notice that your Configure... buttons will become available.
Graphics card
 This subsection will allow you to view your Graphics card and Driver as
well as configure this hardware by pressing the Configure... button.
Choose Graphics Card Dialog
 In this dialog you can select your graphics card and if applicable you will
be able to select either a Standard or Proprietary driver solution and
select the amount of Video RAM necessary.
 Once you choose a graphics card from the list, press the Select button to
select and load the card and driver.
Choose Monitor Dialog
 In this dialog you can select your monitor as well as your image format.
You can attempt to use the Detect Monitor button in order to automatically
locate and configure your monitor. If this option doesn't work, you can
manually select the monitor from the list. In the Image format dropdown, you
can select from Standard 4:3 or Widescreen 16:9.
Power saving
 In this section you have the option of enabling or disabling power saving
for your monitor as well as setting the amount of time in which after it has
reached, the monitor will switch off.

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Doug Jernigan
Carson City, Nevada
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