[ltp] thinkpad T60 widescren, fn + F7 doesn't work for external monitor or projector in linux

[Alex Deucher]

On 5/28/07, Joe Zien <jozien@comcast.net> wrote:
> Subject says it all.
>
> I checked out  http://thinkwiki.org/ and got reference to
> kmilo and tpb programs but couldn't understand how to
> get fn + F7 to get a projector or external monitor to work in linux.
> Is there a howto to get a Thinkpads fn + F7 keys to work in linux?
> Hasn't anybody out there gotten a projector to work on a
> ThinkPad T60 widescreen?

fn-F7 as handled by the bios probably won't work in your case since
you have a windscreen monitor and widescreen modes don't generally
play well with projectors or external monitors so the video bios won't
actually enable the output.  Usually fn-f7 won't work for anything
other than 1024x768 panels.  See similar messages in the archive for a
more in depth explanation of how this all works.

Alex