[ubuntu-uk] linking laptop to video projector

[Thomas Ibbotson]

Howard Berry wrote:
> Greetings,
> I am giving a talk on the open source movement to a group next week.
> There is a video projector which works well when I tried it with
> Windows on my Vaio laptop. In windows you can toggle the display by
> pressing Fn+F7.
> I want to use Ubuntu Intrepid on the same laptop for my presentation.
> How do I get Ubuntu to send images to the video projector?
>
> Regards,
> Howard
>
>   
Hi Howard,

To get this to work with my laptop I have to plug the external 
monitor/projector in to my video out port, go to System -> Preferences 
-> Screen Resolution where it is detected and select the resolution and 
position of the screen. Unfortunately the only way I can then get output 
to that screen is by restarting my laptop with it plugged in. Fn+F7 (or 
in my case Fn+F5) does not work for me.

Tom