[Ubuntu-SG] Laptop Qns

[Maung Myat Thu @ Billy A.M]

> Hi Mark,
>
> I always thought that was more of a "hardware" issue than a "software"
> (driver) issue.

Thats what I think so too... but I have also seen some laptops that does
not  work when I use the fn-f5 key. It was my toshiba satellite 1200...
very old model though. Current models should work fine.

regards
billy

>
> I had a Dell Latitude before that used a special key combination
> (Fn-F5 for that particular model, if I remember correctly) to toggle
> the display between the laptop's LCD and an external projector. Works
> the same way under both Windows and Linux. I was using Slackware at
> that time - I think it was like 4 years ago.
>
> Does one of the keys on your laptop's keyboard have a special symbol
> on it that looks like a monitor? That could be it. Or check your
> laptop's documentation...
>
> Come to think of it, laptops these days seem to connect automatically
> to a projector without user intervention. Is there some special driver
> that detects an external monitor/projector ?
>
> HTH,
> Kerwin
>
>
> On 10/18/06, Mark Philip <markjohnphilip at yahoo.com.sg> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> Are any of you running XUbuntu (or Ubuntu) on a laptop?
>> I'm wondering how to get the output via the VGA port to a projector. I
>> tried connecting a projector to the VGA unit, rebooted, but no success?
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mark.
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