On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 16:35 +0100, Jacob (=Jouk) Jansen wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a HP/Compaq 8710w laptop (with Nvidia quadro graphics card) running F8. > When I connect a monitor to the video exit of the laptop I can configure it > with the "twin" option to have it display on both the external screen and on > the laptops own screen. > However, today I tried to use a beamner with the laptop and it fails to > recognise that it is connected. What am I missing? What should I do to make > it work? I've seen that before on a Toshiba laptop. I had to power down the laptop, insert the beamer connector and then power up the laptop. Try that and see if it detects the beamer. Regards, Patrick