On Monday 27 September 2004 08:11, Trevor Smith wrote: > I have FC2 + KDE 3.2on a laptop (compaq presario 2197ca). The other night I > plugged my friend's 19" monitor into the monitor port on the back of the > laptop. Initially I got a signal that displayed the same image I was seeing > on the laptop screen. > > After playing with KDE settings to try to get "dual head" action going on, > the monitor was turned off somehow. No matter what, it will not turn back > on (no signal at all gets to it in Fedora). Booting to WinXP causes it to > come on and it can be set to either normal mode (show the same image as on > the laptop screen) or to dual head mode (one desktop stretched across the 2 > monitors). But when I boot back to linux, again, the monitor refuses to > receive a signal. > > Does anyone know where/how I can turn the monitor back on, even in normal, > single image mode, in linux? I don't care if it's a KDE or just a straight > linux solution. > > -- > Trevor Smith // trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Would you please supply more information regarding your laptop (type, model, version, etc.). Most laptops aren't capable of true "dual head" display. They are "dual display" , just a (S)VGA connector to use a larger external monitor. -- Tom Taylor registered linux user #263467 "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful - and so are we," "They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people - and neither do we." - George W. Bush, Aug 2004
