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

[Søren Christensen <severino@ulvedalen.dk>]

On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 07:37:51AM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> 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.)
> 

I still haven't found an answer. dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg does not
find the external VGA, even when I turn on the projector when running
dpkg-reconfigure. I compared the conf-files from XFree86 and xorg, but
there where no differences. But with Sarge and Xfree86 the external VGA
mirroed the built in LCD -- now with Etch and xorg there is no output on
the external VGA. In both Sarge and Etch I was using gdm.

Does gdm control the output to the external VGA?

Severino