On 5-01-2003, at 19h 44'01", Peter wrote to debian-laptop about "Using a projector or external monitor" > > I'm running Debian on a new laptop, Best Buy's vpr matrix 200A5, and would > like to use an external monitor or projector. When I have a second LCD > connected, the display works fine in text mode. However, when I start > X-windows, it goes black. > > I see from XFree86.0.log that the external monitor is correctly identified > and named, and its characteristics spelled out. I use the default > (non-accelerated) nv driver for the NVidia GeForce4 420 Go M32 rev 163, > and a tailored version of XF86Config-4 with a generic 1024x768 display at > 75MHz that both monitors accept (the laptop's monitor default is > 1280x854). > > It may be that I just need to switch view from one monitor to the other -- > but how do I do that? My keyboard uses Fn+F3 to switch between displays, > but this has not effect in my Linux setup. > > I included Option "externDisp" under "Device", but the log file shows this > was not used. > > I use XFree86 Version 4.2.1.1 (Debian 4.2.1-4 20021123003806 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]) (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) > Release Date: 18 October 2002. > > I'd appreciate your help as this would expose a large number of people to > Linux. Is there an option I can use? A way to control which display to > use? Or does nVidia's closed driver handle this feature? > > Please reply on the list. >
Hi, I have been using atitvout to switch to other monitors or TV display, or beamers, with great success. Have a look at "http://www.stud.uni-hamburg.de/users/lennart/projects/atitvout/";. Regards, Ionel
