[Klug-general] Kent Digest, Vol 318, Issue 10

[Reece Fowell]

Never heard of LXDF, i have heard of and used LXDE. I tried looking up LXDF but found
nothing, excuse my ignorance as i am still a newbie in Linux; but what is LXDF and where
can i learn more?

Thanks, Reece.

On 31 Mar 2011, at 13:00, kent-request at mailman.lug.org.uk wrote:

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> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:25:14 +0100
> From: "Michael E. Rentell" <michael.rentell at ntlworld.com>
> Subject: Re: [Klug-general] Second monitor driver for LXDF setup
> To: Peter Childs <PChilds at bcs.org.uk>
> Cc: Kent Linux User Group - General Topics <kent at mailman.lug.org.uk>
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> On 30/03/11 20:49, Peter Childs wrote:
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>> On 29 March 2011 15:57, Michael E. Rentell 
>> <michael.rentell at ntlworld.com <mailto:michael.rentell at ntlworld.com>> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>    Afternoon all,
>> 
>>    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.
>> 
>>    Everything works very nippily; even my Belkin PCMCIA wireless
>>    network card under ndiswrapper.
>> 
>>    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.
>> 
>>    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.
>> 
>>    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?
>> 
>>    Just thought I'd ask.
>> 
>>    MikeR
>> 
>>    ______________
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> At a guess, try pressing Fn+F4 or what ever the second display enable 
>> is on your laptop.
>> 
>> Did it work under Windows? If so double checking with a Live CD or say 
>> Ubuntu.
>> 
>> If the remote screen is on on boot, does the boot screen show on the 
>> plasma....
>> 
>> Peter.
> 
> Ah, those ideas sound like something I can instantly try. It works fine 
> under WinXP but Toshiba provide a driver for that. It also works under 
> PCLOS/KDE4.6 although it flickers. I suspect I just need to disable 
> Compiz flashiness and it will be OK. But KDE is too big.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> MikeR
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> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:55:40 +0100
> From: Colin McCarthy <binarysignal at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Klug-general] KLUG (Kingsdown)
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> Kingsdown might be good to have as a reserve option. I think we are ok at
> the moment with Dover Triangle Centre and Gillingham Mid-Kent College.
> If we ask nicely in a few months maybe Custodian will let us visit again :)
> 
> Colin
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> On 31 March 2011 10:07, Paul Littlefield <info at paully.co.uk> wrote:
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>> On 29/03/11 20:56, Alex Layfield wrote:
>> 
>>> Thus, putting 4ward as an option...?
>>> 
>> 
>> Spooky. I was there on Tuesday with a client.
>> 
>> :-)
>> 
>> Paully
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