On Thursday 12 February 2004 00:42, Adolfo Bello wrote: > I'm trying to use a Epson PowerLite S1 external projector with Mandrake > 9.1 on a Toshiba laptop which has a NVidia card. I am using the open > driver that comes with Mandrake. > > I am having some problem making this thing to work. > > .- I have to boot with the projector hooked to the laptop. This is an > annoyance, not a real problem. > > .- Booting with the projector connected to the laptop means loosing the > output to the LCD monitor, no matter how many times I use the Fn-F5 keys > to switch between LCD, Projector or LCD/Projector. (I didn't expect it > to work because this Toshiba laptop uses a Windows program to control > the BIOS!!). > > .- To have any output projected, resolution has to be set at 800x600 > (the projector can work at 1024x768) > > .- There is no mouse cursor on the projection. > > Googling around I have found out that these types of problem are not > uncommon, but I haven't had any luck finding answers that point to the > solution of these problems. > > No problem using the projector with Windows but I need to make some > presentations with Mandrake or SuSe. > > Has any body had these sort of problem and solved some of them? > > Any hint or tip will be truly appreciated. > > Adolfo
Check the http://www.linux-laptop.net/toshiba.html. -- Yankl Tiny IT guy. 100 % Micro$oft free. Registered linux users 181086 URL: http://yankele.com ----------------------- To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows box, you just need to work on it.
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