[Watford] Seperate VGA display

[Steven Acreman]

Cliff, you'll need to read up on defining multiple displays in xorg.conf

On 06/12/2007, walt <walt at helvatron.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I am not sure Ubuntu is the problem.  If the display works on the laptop
> its
> more likely to be a key combination you need to use to switch output from
> the local display to the external port such as Fn (usually in blue) and
> then
> another key in the top row such as one of the function keys with a
> monitor/screen symbol on it. Often you have to press more than once to get
> the output mode you need.
>
> Walter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:watford-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Cliff Deamer
> Sent: 06 December 2007 19:50
> To: watford at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: [Watford] Seperate VGA display
>
> I am using an old laptop running Ubuntu 7.10 and I need to connect a
> larger display. In Windows this would be easy, just plug the alternate
> display into the VGA socket but in Linux this does not work.
> Any ideas?
> Cliff
>
>
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