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Hi there,
I have a particular need. I am running arch on my laptop HP Pavilion dv6000. I would like to give a presentation in my laptop. Since, this would need dual-monitor support, I am kind of flabbergasted.
I have installed my video card (nvidia) and by running nvidia-settings on root, I can manipulate my X as I want.
However, I want my runlevel 3 to be presented on the external monitor.
Is this possible under linux ?
If yes, Could you please let me know how to do it ?
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You mean you want to have a console on the external monitor? I think that depends on whether your laptop
supports that. For me it just works if I plugin the external monitor before I turn on my laptop, on both my
Lenovo ThinkPad and my Acer Travelmate. If it doesn't work for you, try looking at your BIOS settings, a lot
of laptops I've come across have a "Primary Monitor" setting (or similar) that lets you use your external
output as your primary one. If you're talking about X though, just take a look a xrandr.
Last edited by csstaub (2009-02-15 11:19:43)
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thanks ... I will check that out ( i.e. BIOS)
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Gapo the flow
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hi ...
I cannot find any option under my BIOS settings that could change my monitor.
I also tried connecting a external monitor and rebooting but no avail.
Is there any other method or could u explain urs ??
My lap is HP Pavilion dv6000
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Gapo the flow
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Have you tried using Fn+F4? I also have a dv6000 and that works fine. (Press once for external output only, again for LCD and external, and a third time for LCD only)
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thanks
but
nopes doesn't work ... works well in windows but doesn't in kde nor gnome. btw i'm using fluxbox ... anyway I can change display by using sudo nvidia-settings ... my point is can the terminal itself be made to appear ( not X)
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What is the output of xrandr?
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O/P of xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1280 x 800, maximum 1280 x 800
default connected 1280x800+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1280x800 50.0*
800x600 51.0
640x480 52.0 63.0
1024x768 53.0
960x540 54.0
840x525 55.0
800x512 56.0
768x576 57.0
720x450 58.0
700x525 59.0
680x384 60.0 61.0
640x512 62.0
576x432 64.0
512x384 65.0
400x300 66.0
320x240 67.0
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