On Sun, 2006-07-30 at 17:37 -0500, Guillermo de Jesús Hoyos Rivera (gmail) wrote: > Dear listers: > > I want to make a presentation using a projector. I have FC5, > installed in a Dell Inspiron 6000. > > I have tried configuring the double monitor facility, and > connecting a PC monitor to my laptop (both, while the computer is on, > and turning on the computer with the monitor attached to it), and I > have had no success. > > I have also tried by configuring single monitor in my FC5 > installation, and turning on the computer with the monitor attached to > it. Same results. > > Finally I have naively tried to use the Fn+F8 key combination > (to redirect the output of the display in Windows). None of the > previously stated tries worked. > > Does some one of you know how to do this? > > Thanks in advance and best regards. ---- make sure that the monitor is connected and powered on before you turn the laptop on...at the least, the display should work when you operate the Fn+F8 key combination. Craig