[ltp] External video on T61

[John Jason Jordan]

I have a T61 with Hardy x86_64, using nVidia driver and a laptop screen
resolution of 1680 x 1050. All is well.

However, for the first time ever I need to do a presentation in a
classroom. The classroom is equipped with audiovisual equipment,
including a Windows XP computer. However, I am having a hell of a time
getting OpenOffice on Windows to play the presentation that I created
in OpenOffice on my own computer. At this point it seems preferable to
use my T61. 

The equipment in the classroom provides for input from a laptop
(standard D9 connector). I connected my computer to the classroom
equipment, but it cannot see a signal. Then I went to the Audiovisual
Help office at the university and we tried to connect my laptop. The
people there are knowledgeable about various computers and how to get
them to send video signal out, but we could not get it to work. 

One of the things the person in the AV office tried was Fn+F7, which he
said normally toggles the external video on and off. On my T61 it did
nothing.

I know zero about this matter. Can someone offer me some suggestions?