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On 30/03/11 20:49, Peter Childs wrote:
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 29 March 2011 15:57, Michael E.
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Afternoon all,<br>
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I've junked WinXP on my old Tosh Satellite laptop and replaced
it with Linux. I tried a few lightweight versions but
eventually settled on LXDF from PCLinuxOS, mainly because it
keeps all the simple tools I'm used to with PCLOS KDE 4.6.<br>
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Everything works very nippily; even my Belkin PCMCIA wireless
network card under ndiswrapper.<br>
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The only thing that doesn't work is the second monitor which
should be available via a D-9 socket on the back. There is an
option in PCLOS-Control Centre/Configure Video
Card/Options/Enable Duplicate Display on Duplicate Monitor.
I've reset that but still nothing visible when I plug in a
plasma screen with a D-9 plug, even after a re-boot.<br>
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I want to take this laptop to a symposium and use it to
display Impress (and Pwrpnt!) presentations via a plasma
screen available in the auditorium.<br>
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Anyone any idea how that might be achieved? Is there some
tweak or drive I might try that isn't obvious to my ageing
faculties?<br>
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Just thought I'd ask.<br>
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MikeR<br>
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At a guess, try pressing Fn+F4 or what ever the second display
enable is on your laptop.<br>
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Did it work under Windows? If so double checking with a Live CD or
say Ubuntu. <br>
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If the remote screen is on on boot, does the boot screen show on
the plasma....<br>
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Peter.<br>
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Success! I now have a completely stable PCLOS/LXDF system on my
old Tosh laptop. If I plug the second plasma monitor in before
switching either the PC or the monitor on it all works fine. The
plasma monitor displays text but is not properly sync'd when it
goes gui. However, the monitor config tool now shows the second
monitor's details and by changing its dotty density it becomes
stable. Excellent! Now I can use it for presentations in public
places and Linux gets a public airing as a worthwhile OS.<br>
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Thanks to all for worthwhile advice.<br>
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mikeR<br>
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