On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:08:48 -1000, "W. Wayne Liauh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > That Linux would boot up OK, but then lost its screen > when it went into the X graphic mode. > > Now I come to think about this. Perhaps what happened was that I was > running > 1028x768 mode but the projector only accepted 800x600.
Wayne- Did changing your resolution fix that problem? If not, (depending on your laptop) it might have been that the CRT/LCD button wasn't pressed. It should be one of the "Function" keys on your laptop that you have to press in conjunction with the "Fn" key. (For my laptop I have to press Fn + F8) When you activate that CRT/LCD button, there are 3 different modes. (You change modes by pressing that combination of keys until you hit the mode you want... for my Dell laptop anyway.) The first mode is a display signal going only to your LCD screen on your laptop and no signal going out of the VGA port, which is what your laptop might have been doing. The second mode is a signal going out of the VGA port, but the LCD screen is completely blank. The third mode is having both LCD & CRT signals on. I use the third one because I want to see what slide I'm at, and not have to look at the projector screen. Trying testing this function out with a VGA monitor hooked up to your laptop. I apologize if you knew this CRT/LCD thing beforehand. A little something not directly related to this: I'm dual booting Linux & Windows ME on this laptop. On Friday, I had a last-minute presentation to give, but realized that A) I don't have MS PowerPoint and B) I could not install PowerPoint because I left my CD-drive at home. So I was running around like a chicken without its head, trying to share Office 2000 over our network in order to install it onto my laptop. Then it suddenly hit me: I have StarOffice!! So that really saved my butt, and the presentation came out great. (Phew!) :] Elayne Man Mililani High School [EMAIL PROTECTED]