[ltp] External display on battery ?

[Niels Stargardt]

Hi François,
your suggestions sounds good to me, why don't you test it by using the notebook which is connected to a power socket?

Niels 

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:30:45 +0200
François Fleuret <francois.fleuret@epfl.ch> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I tried today to use my T41p under linux with an external display,
> in that case a (very big) 1024x768 capable beamer. Basically I could
> have either the LCD alone, or the external display alone, but when I
> wanted both, the external image was degraded in a "analogical" way
> (i.e. very dark, with weird shadings and colors).
> 
> Since I was on battery and connected on a long cable from the beamer
> (maybe 50m, no idea if there was an amplification), I now wonder if
> that could be the cause? Can it be possible that the power
> consumption is too high and I end up with a too low voltage (or
> whatever the correct electrical term) on the video output ?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help,
> 
> Cheers.
> 
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