[CentOS] Re: Question driving external LCD from dell laptop

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 08:44 -0400, Chris Mauritz wrote:
> I have the same chipset in my athlon 64 notebook (Compaq) and you turn 
> the external monitor port on and off with a function key on the 
> keyboard.  I've never even bothered with doing it with the OS since it's 
> just easier to hit the key.  On my system it's function-F4 to toggle it 
> on and off.  You might have a similar key bound to that function as well.

Yes, and it should work for him too.  But what he wants to do is run the
external video at a _different_ resolution.

BTW, what Athlon64 notebook comes with a GeForce Go Mobile (sweet!)?


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