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

Thu Mar 31 13:01:22 UTC 2011

Er. yeah! Sorry 'bout that. I did say my brain had atrophied due to 
extreme age.

Of course it is LXDE. But now that I've tattooed LXDF on to said old 
brain it probably won't go away.

Just like to say that LXDE the way PCLinuxOS delivers it makes for a 
very useful and nippy system on old gear.

MikeR

On 31/03/11 13:32, Reece Fowell wrote:
> 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.
>
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>>    1. Re: Second monitor driver for LXDF setup (Michael E. Rentell)
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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:
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>
>> 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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