I had similar problems with my Toshiba Satellite with Mandrake 7.1, but with MDK 7.2 and XFree86 4.01 runs fine, just Staroffice is a little bet slow. Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) ----- Mensaje Original ----- Remitente: Peter Spotts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fecha: Jueves, Febrero 8, 2001 2:32 pm Asunto: [expert] URGENT - Problems with a laptop projector linked to Linux laptop > Folks, > > I'm scheduled to give a Star Office power-point like presentation > and > tested my Linux laptop with a projector designed for such > presentations. > During the boot-up process, my screen -- complete with cute Linux > penguin > -- appeared on the silver screen, prompting me to shout Yipee! But > when I > moved into KDE desktop, the image on the silver screen disappeared > and up > popped a lost-signal error message from the projector. That > suggested to > me that the computer sees the projector just fine, but X-windows > does > not. I tried running some of the slides for the presentation, > thinking > the presentation software would do the trick, but still nothing > appeared. > > Anyone out there know if XF86Config [or some other file] wants to > see a > separate setting for such outboard devices? Does this imply the > need for > a special driver? If so, what should I tweak or where can I find > the > driver? I'm doing this gig 2/14 and 2/15, so any ideas would be > appreciated -- quickly! > > > Best regards, > > Pete Spotts > > > >
