[ubuntu-uk] Karmic won't boot with digital projector connected

[Graham Smith]

Bruno,

> The way I did it last week on a ThinkPad T42 was to plug in the
> projector to the VGA port, then go to System -> Preferences -> Display.
> I will show a second monitor called "Unknown" and will enable you to
> switch it on. It will then advise that it needs to enable something
> (can't remember what, maybe randr) and will ask you to log out and log
> in again. Once you log in again, the second monitor is operational, you
> can set refresh rate, resolution, rotation for it and whether you want
> it to mirror the laptop monitor. From that point on, it should all work
> and you should then be able to enable an external monitor or projector
> in a few clicks whenever you need to.

Thanks, that sounds promising, and seems to tie in with the grandr
option. I will try this out tomorrow.

Graham