On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 10:42:09AM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 11:16:37 +0700, Surachai Locharoen wrote: > > I have notebook which have configuration below > > (Linux surachai 2.6.15-1-686 #2 Mon Mar 6 15:27:08 UTC 2006 i686 > > GNU/Linux) + gnome 2.1 > > > > I want to present display on projector. I press Fn + F4 but this screen > > doesn't show on projector. Do you know what I am wrong? > > Xorg often overrides the Fn + F4 switching of the BIOS. Depending on > your video card, one or more of the following might work: > > 1) For some cards there is a command available to switch LCD and > external video on and off. Using ACPI and a bit of scripting you can > even assign this to special keys.
Does anyone know how to do this with an ATI Rage graphicscard? What packet to install? What command to use? > 2) Sometimes Xorg can be tricked by switching to a tty and using the Fn > + F4 combination there. Then you have to restart X without switching > back to the CTRL + ALT + F7 terminal, for example by running > /etc/init.d/gdm restart > > 3) Sometimes it is necessary to write a special xorg.conf for a cloned > dual display setup and start X with that layout, e.g. > startx -- -layout Beamer > (assuming that you called this layout "Beamer" in xorg.conf.) How do you do that, and where can I find the needed information? best regards Severino -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
