Here is my complete xorg.conf, Paul. # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "single head configuration" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Synaptics" "CorePointer" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Synaptics" Driver "synaptics" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "openchrome" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection The sequence just device -> screen. I have no external device configuration. Maybe you know how to configure external device? On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Always Learning <centos at u61.u22.net> wrote: > > In my limited experience with notebooks and laptops, I found that > repeatedly pressing the keys works. The sequence I found was (not > necessarily in this order) > > screen > external device > screen and external device > > Paul. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110911/18bcd238/attachment-0005.html>