[ltp] External video on T61

[Chris Penn]

If you compiled the drivers from the webpage, there is an
nvidia-settings program that lets you set all that stuff.  If you
didnt, I think you can do that through system>administration>....one
of these.

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Homer (Tony) Stavely
<tstavely@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear John,
>
> Using a T42, a T61, and an X61s in a college classroom with a data projector
> of some standard brand, I had it work reliably by doing two things after
> connecting the computer to the external monitor (data projector) cable: 1)
> turn on the projector and tell it to expect an rgb signal and 2) boot or
> reboot my computer.  For some reason, the computer can't see the projector
> or the projector can't see the computer except that way.  My other thinkpad
> buttons mostly work as they should, but with a running computer hot-plugged
> into a projector, running or otherwise, the Fn-F7 button machs nichs. It's a
> pain, but that's how it was.
>
> The above was true for Gutsy on the T42 and the T61 and for Hardy on the T61
> and X61s.
>
> Best wishes,
> Tony
>
> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 5:22 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj@comcast.net>
> 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?
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>
>
>
> --
> Homer (Tony) Stavely <tstavely at gmail.com>
> Teacher, baker, Grandpa, walker in the woods



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