Politely - I think its an X problem. My Dell has an ATI video card, which simply does not put out a signal under linux. I've been meaning to look into the causes - but its been easier to boot XP for those few times I needed a working VGA port.
-----Original Message----- From: Rik Tindall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 6 December 2004 1:28 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Laptop + projector (Was: meeting : Weds, December 1st) Nick Rout wrote: >It works apparently for Rik from windows, Confirmed Win-good: it's a Compaq-Radeon/VGA-out/Linux issue, it seems. The Function-Screen switching (LCD, external, or both) also does not work under Linux. Using this is necessary to project DVD-play under Windows, because one must disable the LCD's frequency for the VGA-out/projector to settle its own requisite Hz.
