Sorry for the confusion. I thought my original question specified Function
F3. In any case I guess I'm out of luck. Bios doesn't have that option
and I've never seen any menu choices for it, although I'll certainly search
again.
Thanks for your help and patience.
Thx, Gary Lee
At 10:09 AM 3/19/2001 -0600, Mac Reiter, you typed:
>At 07:50 AM 3/19/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >That may be the problem. I have one server that is an old laptop. After a
> >restart I need to send "function 3" to enable the monitor and disable the
> >lcd. I have not been able to do it successfully. Are you aware of a work
> >around?
>
>Ah. Wish you had mentioned that earlier. Please pardon me for using you
>as an example - I mean no harm, but it might help others who have
>questions. If an original question is not answered, simply repeating it is
>unlikely to get any more response. If you explain your exact situation,
>however, the problem can usually be solved, or at least the question can be
>answered.
>
>I must assume that you press a special key on the notebook keyboard
>labelled "Fn" or "Function" or something like that, and then you press
>either "3" or "F3". This is considerably different from pressing "function
>keys", which are the keys labelled "F1" through "F12" at the top of the
>keyboard. "Function keys" work just like any other key, which is probably
>why the question wasn't being answered -- nobody could reproduce it. If
>your notebook actually hooks plain "F3" to switch displays, it is going to
>cause a lot of problems with other programs that wish to use "F3" as an
>application key.
>
>So, going on the "Function"+"F3" assumption -- The "Function" key is a
>special key that keeps any other key pressed from going through the normal
>keyboard channels. In the "Function"+"F3" case, the signal is instead
>routed either to the BIOS or to the video chip, and tells it to toggle
>output _transparently_to_any_underlying_operating_system_.
>
>VNC cannot possibly transmit these kinds of sequences, because they occur
>underneath the operating system.
>
>I can think of two possible remedies, but can't guarantee either:
>1. Your notebook may have an application that allows you to change display
>output. You'd just have to look everywhere in your Start Menu, because
>different manufacturers/models put these in different places.
>2. Check your bios settings. When you boot the notebook, it will
>(hopefully) give a message like "Press DEL to enter Bios" or "Press F2 to
>change settings" or something similar. Other keys I have seen used are F1,
>ESC, CTRL-ALT-ESC, and just about anything imaginable. DEL, F2, and F1 are
>the most common, though. If you can get to your bios, you may be able to
>tell it to boot up in external monitor mode (or whichever mode you want).
>You will have to do this locally. If you actually need to change the
>output mode _while_ remote controlling the notebook, your only hope is
>option 1.
>
>Hope that helps,
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