Setting up second screen off VGA o/p

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From: Geico Caveman
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:18

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Here is what I want to do :

I have an extra wide PDF file (generated using latex beamer) that contains a
presentation. The left half (or right half - I can do either) contains what
the audience should see. The other half contains notes for myself that I
obviously do not want the audience to see.

My monitor's resolution is say x1 X y1.

The external projector (connected to VGA) has a set of resolutions, most of
which are not x1 X y1. Let us say the "closest" is x2 X y2.

Is it possible to project the PDF file (I have checked to see - Adobe
Acrobat reader does not seem to work - it squishes the entire wide pdf file
on to the same screen in the full screen mode.) so that I have half of it
on my screen and the other half is on the projector ?

Let us first try to get the case x1=x2, y1=y2 working. I will welcome any
suggestions on this or the more general case.

Platform - Ubuntu Linux Intrepid. All packages (X packages included) up to
date.

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