I'm running Debian on a new laptop, Best Buy's vpr matrix 200A5, and would like to use an external monitor or projector. When I have a second LCD connected, the display works fine in text mode. However, when I start X-windows, it goes black.
I see from XFree86.0.log that the external monitor is correctly identified and named, and its characteristics spelled out. I use the default (non-accelerated) nv driver for the NVidia GeForce4 420 Go M32 rev 163, and a tailored version of XF86Config-4 with a generic 1024x768 display at 75MHz that both monitors accept (the laptop's monitor default is 1280x854). It may be that I just need to switch view from one monitor to the other -- but how do I do that? My keyboard uses Fn+F3 to switch between displays, but this has not effect in my Linux setup. I included Option "externDisp" under "Device", but the log file shows this was not used. I use XFree86 Version 4.2.1.1 (Debian 4.2.1-4 20021123003806 [EMAIL PROTECTED]) (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) Release Date: 18 October 2002. I'd appreciate your help as this would expose a large number of people to Linux. Is there an option I can use? A way to control which display to use? Or does nVidia's closed driver handle this feature? Please reply on the list. Cheers, David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
