[ltp] External video on T61

[Daniel Castro]

Maybe this will help.
Plug everything in and do:
$ xrandr -q
(that will print the display devices connected to your computer)
then with that information you should do something like:
$ xrandr --output LVDS -auto -output VGA -auto

Take a look at this site, you'll get it.
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2#Using_xrandr_to_do_useful_things

Cheers!

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Daniel Castro
Networking and Distributed Systems
Computer Science
Trinity College Dublin

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John Jason Jordan wrote:
> 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?
>