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.) >
In my case, I can use both. When using Sarge there was output from X (xfree86) and when I use WinXP (dual-boot) but not now. On winXP I had to change the setup (some mouse-clicking, not easy to tell what happend) to be able to show video. I also have this key-combo (Fn-F5 in my case) but I've never really seen the effect of it. Normally I would prefer a mirrod setup, but once and a while I would like to have to different output, but I might be running out of memory. Severino -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
