two monitors question

BlueMak · Dec 13, 2011, 10:51 AM

I have set the main monitor at its native 1920x1080 resolution. The second monitor I rotate 90 degrees. I want it to be an extension of the desktop, but at its own resolution. It is a 1920x1200 monitor, thus I want it to be at 1200x1920. No matter what I have tried, the monitor doesn't show the whole desktop, just part of it. Not only that, but the rest of monitor remains black. For example now I have set it to 1200x1920 and I have part of the wallpaper, a huge HUGE black border on the bottom and a smaller but still big, border on the top. Aarrrgg!

What am I doing wrong?

BlueMak · Dec 13, 2011, 11:26 AM

Update:At least I found a way to lower the volume of the built in speakers.

CJLMTLCA · Dec 13, 2011, 01:39 PM

I've had that exact same setup before. Check if you have any scaling options enabled in CCC or in your monitor's menu.

Judas · Dec 13, 2011, 03:16 PM

it should be displaying the entire desktop, however getting the wallpaper to SPAN the entire display, you'd have to go into your background settings and either select stretch or scale to fit or similare.

Alternatively, combine 2 of your favourite backgrounds and get them to match up.

May have to download 3rd party software to get your backgrounds to fit or to display 2 different ones.

BlueMak · Dec 13, 2011, 08:27 PM

I am halfway there, although I think I will stop while being ahead lol.

I have made it work as imagined, but just for the resolution 1920x1080. Which is not the native of that monitor (1920x1200). There are two black borders on the left and right side of the screen, normal size for this case. The mouse cursor crosses through the second monitor back to the first from the middle area and not from top and bottom, but that's to be expected. I can't figure out why the native resolution won't work at all this way.

What I did to make it work so far was to go to the monitor's options (LG 245wpm) and change the ARC to "original" and to the HDMI option and change it to "Video" from "PC". Then, I right clicked on the graphics driver icon in the taskbar, I clicked/expanded the second (the middle one) with the name AMD HD Radeon 6800 series, and then clicked on "set desktop area to" and then chose "HDTV" and then 1080p. Any other resolution is fraked up, for HDTV or Basic. It also doesn't work if I try it through the catalyst control center. Which doesn't make any sense to me, but, what does logic have to do with graphics drivers anyway?

Thank you for your replies.

CJLMTLCA · Dec 14, 2011, 02:23 AM

What does Device Manager show for your monitors? Generic plug-n-play? Go to windows update (or LG), are there any drivers for your models? Maybe some EDID info missing.

Dec 13, 2011, 10:51 AM	#1
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,483 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	two monitors question I have set the main monitor at its native 1920x1080 resolution. The second monitor I rotate 90 degrees. I want it to be an extension of the desktop, but at its own resolution. It is a 1920x1200 monitor, thus I want it to be at 1200x1920. No matter what I have tried, the monitor doesn't show the whole desktop, just part of it. Not only that, but the rest of monitor remains black. For example now I have set it to 1200x1920 and I have part of the wallpaper, a huge HUGE black border on the bottom and a smaller but still big, border on the top. Aarrrgg! What am I doing wrong? __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Dec 13, 2011, 11:26 AM	Thread Starter #2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,483 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Re: two monitors question Update:At least I found a way to lower the volume of the built in speakers. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Dec 13, 2011, 01:39 PM	#3
CJLMTLCA 14X Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 633 Rep Power: 63 System Specs	Re: two monitors question I've had that exact same setup before. Check if you have any scaling options enabled in CCC or in your monitor's menu. __________________

Dec 13, 2011, 08:27 PM	Thread Starter #5
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,483 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Re: two monitors question I am halfway there, although I think I will stop while being ahead lol. I have made it work as imagined, but just for the resolution 1920x1080. Which is not the native of that monitor (1920x1200). There are two black borders on the left and right side of the screen, normal size for this case. The mouse cursor crosses through the second monitor back to the first from the middle area and not from top and bottom, but that's to be expected. I can't figure out why the native resolution won't work at all this way. What I did to make it work so far was to go to the monitor's options (LG 245wpm) and change the ARC to "original" and to the HDMI option and change it to "Video" from "PC". Then, I right clicked on the graphics driver icon in the taskbar, I clicked/expanded the second (the middle one) with the name AMD HD Radeon 6800 series, and then clicked on "set desktop area to" and then chose "HDTV" and then 1080p. Any other resolution is fraked up, for HDTV or Basic. It also doesn't work if I try it through the catalyst control center. Which doesn't make any sense to me, but, what does logic have to do with graphics drivers anyway? Thank you for your replies. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Dec 14, 2011, 02:23 AM	#6
CJLMTLCA 14X Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 633 Rep Power: 63 System Specs	Re: two monitors question What does Device Manager show for your monitors? Generic plug-n-play? Go to windows update (or LG), are there any drivers for your models? Maybe some EDID info missing. __________________