-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 20/04/12 07:26, Liam R E Quin wrote: > On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 17:04 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> >> I like to use an external monitor when doing more serious work on >> my netbook. As far as I can see there is nothing in MCC for >> setting that up, so I assume I have to use System Settings. >> However, that too only offers me the settings for the netbook's >> display. > > I think "system settings' is a kde thing, not sure. > Yes, it is.
> On some laptops there's a function key that switches. On mine (HP > Elitebook/NVidia GT216 Quadra FX 880M) it doesn't, but I found a > package called "disper" that provides a command-line program called > disper that works very well. > That sounds like the function key to switch between internal and external monitor. Fn+F5 is supposed to cycle between internal, external or both, but it doesn't work. Fn+F6 blanks the internal monitor, which is actually more comfortable to work with once the external one is configured properly, but I have to find some way of improving the configuration. Anne - -- Need KDE help? Try http://userbase.kde.org or http://forum.kde.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk+RsbEACgkQj93fyh4cnBdiUACdF/JPoxogTwb7yVC5UQ4D1IDT x8kAn1ovmQYKq1I5k723lBvgO/mgbrbs =eyKB -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
