[ltp] external monitor Fn-F7

[David Tansey]

I run Ubuntu with 2.6.10 kernel. I have setup right now that has a
screen to the right of my laptop's LCD that seems to be a seperate
session. I can move my mouse between the two, but can't drag program
windows between the two. the nice thing i that I can plug in my
monitor at any time and have that screen come on. i use it to watch
movies.

but i'm looking forward to finding a way to have the same screen come
up on the other screen. I don't need more real estate, i need to
utilize my 19" monitor...

On 6/13/05, James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> wrote:
> Norman Walsh wrote:
> > / David Tansey <djtansey@gmail.com> was heard to say:
> > | Has anyone setup a thinkpad to easily switch to external monitors and
> > | back (both cloning, side-by-side, and one-or-the-other)?
> >
> > I've never gotten side-by-side working, but I find that switching to
> > a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) then toggling with Fn-F7, then switching
> > back to X allows me to switch between internal, external, and both.
>=20
> Which distro are you running?  Since switching to the 2.6 kernel, in
> SuSE, I've found I can only switch before Linux starts loading.  I'm
> currently running SuSE 9.3 on an R31.
>=20
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