<div dir="ltr">thanks, I will try this! <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Liam Proven <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com">lproven@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 15 March 2012 15:16, javadayaz <<a href="mailto:javadayaz@gmail.com">javadayaz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div><div class="h5">> My laptop is blessed with a HDMI output which probably works with Windows<br>
> (its a windows machine.).<br>
><br>
> How can I utilize this in Ubuntu? Ideally I would like to just connect to my<br>
> 42" and watch the video or browse some pictures!<br>
><br>
> Look forward to your advice!<br>
<br>
</div></div>I tried this on Monday. Giving a presentation from LibreOffice<br>
Impress, from my own laptop; discovered the venue's big screen only<br>
had HDMI in. I didn't even know my cheapo MSI laptop had an HDMI port!<br>
<br>
Plugged it in, rebooted, on it came. Went into monitor settings,<br>
unticked "mirror screens", it set the right resolution automagically.<br>
<br>
In LibreOffice, I set the big screen as my presentation screen,<br>
internal one as the presenter's screen, and off I went.<br>
<br>
Absolutely no config or setup required. Plug in and go.<br>
<br>
However, as with any external screen, I suggest you turn the computer<br>
off, plug in the screen, then turn it back on. Not for electronic<br>
safety (although that is no bad idea) but it means that the BIOS and<br>
the OS can detect the monitor when it is connected and on at system<br>
startup.<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></div><div><br></div>Regards<div><br></div><div>Javad</div></div><br>
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