"Andrew Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does your laptop have a key sequence that will switch the output > from LCD to CRT(external monitor) and back? Mine does. Fn-F8. > It's directly tied to the hardware and doesn't need any support in X > or Linux. Of course it's an x86 laptop, but it's the same video > controller, so maybe your Pismo has something similar? I have to > hit it a couple-o' three times to get it to switch, and it does a > three way deal: LCD, external, and both simultaneously.
AFAIK there is no such beast for Apple laptops. Under MacOS, in order to get the OS to recognize a new external source, you have to sleep the laptop and wake it up. I would be very happy if someone could prove me wrong ;-) jas.
