Robert P. J. Day wrote: ... > then, connected an external (samsung WUXGA) flat-panel > monitor via DVI, and the entire laptop display is reflected > nicely on the monitor *except* for the actual DVD image in > the VLC window -- that just shows up as blank, either in > regular or fullscreen mode (in fullscreen mode, the entire > external display is blank, even while the movie is playing > on the laptop). On an old HP/Compaq EVO 800c with radeon I need to do a: yum install xvattr xvattr -a XV_SWITCHCRT -v 1 to get video on an external monitor. Then the video is not shown on the laptop. To get it back, do a: xvattr -a XV_SWITCHCRT -v 0 Mogens -- Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg A/S, Computer Department Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Mobile: +45 22 12 53 25 Email: mk@xxxxxx Homepage: http://www.crc.dk -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines