Re: Compaq Presario 2100 laptop, xorg no output on external VGA (projector), running Etch.

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Søren Christensen wrote:
> I've upgraded to Etch and Xorg on my laptop.
>
> How do I configure xorg to output on external VGA. There is no X on
> projector, only tty, that is, I can follow booting on the projector, but
> when gdm starts output dissappears.
>
> How can I configure the s-video output? I would like to show video from
> DVD and from mpeg-streams.
>
> Severino
>
>
>   
I've never used s-video out, so I may just be generating noise. But on
my Dell laptop, in order to get output from a projector plugged into the
external VGA connector, I have to hit the key combo on the keyboard that
switches output from the built-in LCD to the external connector. It's
something like Fn-F2. This appears to me to be more controlled by the
laptop's BIOS than by Debian/X. (I can't get a mirrored setup though;
it's either internal or external, never both. Bummer.)

-- 
Kent