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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user] No external display with a laptop using nvidia
From:       Andy Herrman <aherrman () andrew ! cmu ! edu>
Date:       2004-06-30 16:51:47
Message-ID: 40E2EFA3.7090308 () andrew ! cmu ! edu
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On my laptop (Dell Latitude c840 w/ Geforce 4) I have to hit Fn-F8 (the 
button labled "CRT/LCD").  This will cycle between displaying on just 
the build in screen, the external monitor, or both.  It's the same as 
you have to do in windows.
That's always worked for me.  I'm not sure if your laptop has a similar 
key, but I would assume it does.

    -Andy

Fred Labrosse wrote:

>All,
>
>Since I switched to gentoo (from RedHat), I haven't been able to use an
>external display on my laptop.  I have the same configuration for X as
>before (probably not anymore given all the things I tried, but it was the
>same at the beginning).  I just get a blank screen.
>
>Today, I tried the nv driver instead of the nvidia.  I did get something,
>but as if out of sync.  However, I did specify frequencies that were rather
>conservative, well within used on the machine with that same monitor.
>
>Any hint?  This rather desperate, as I will have to use my laptop for an
>important demo using an external large display.
>
>TIA,
>
>Fred
>
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