[Mageia-discuss] Configuring external monitor display

Fri Apr 20 21:04:58 CEST 2012

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
+Hash: SHA1
+
+On 20/04/12 07:26, Liam R E Quin wrote:
+> On Thu, 2012-04-19 at 17:04 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
+>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
+>> 
+>> I like to use an external monitor when doing more serious work on
+>> my netbook.  As far as I can see there is nothing in MCC for
+>> setting that up, so I assume I have to use System Settings.
+>> However, that too only offers me the settings for the netbook's
+>> display.
+> 
+> I think "system settings' is a kde thing, not sure.
+> 
+Yes, it is.
+
+> On some laptops there's a function key that switches. On mine (HP 
+> Elitebook/NVidia GT216 Quadra FX 880M) it doesn't, but I found a
+> package called "disper" that provides a command-line program called
+> disper that works very well.
+> 
+That sounds like the function key to switch between internal and
+external monitor.  Fn+F5 is supposed to cycle between internal,
+external or both, but it doesn't work.  Fn+F6 blanks the internal
+monitor, which is actually more comfortable to work with once the
+external one is configured properly, but I have to find some way of
+improving the configuration.
+
+Anne
+- -- 
+Need KDE help? Try
+http://userbase.kde.org or
+http://forum.kde.org
+-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
+Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux)
+Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/
+
+iEYEARECAAYFAk+RsbEACgkQj93fyh4cnBdiUACdF/JPoxogTwb7yVC5UQ4D1IDT
+x8kAn1ovmQYKq1I5k723lBvgO/mgbrbs
+=eyKB
+-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
+