From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 13:46:11 +1300 "C. Falconer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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.
>Are you saying it does not produce an external vga signal? ie you cannot plug in an >external monitor? It works perfectly under winXP, the external port can be a second monitor or a duplicate of the LCD. However in X the Fn-F8 keypress is ignored. It could be the ATI driver module for X, or all sorts. The i8k kernel module doesn't do anything on this model. > whats the model? Dell Latitude L400 - a P3 700. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
