Flash777 Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 i have installed mandrake 9.2. everything went fine until i rebooted. it goes through a post then the monitor just turns off. I am using a emachines laptop with a broken screen. i have another monitor plugged into the back. please help thankyou Flash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 Did you configure X to use the external monitor? It looks like X tries to use the laptop screen. You need to tell XFree86 that you're going to use external monitor. Adding external display option to the Device section may help. Section "Device" Identifier "YourVideoAdaptor" # Option "intern_disp" Option "extern_disp" EndSection That worked for me when I was using XFree 3.x.x. Please check out this page for more details: http://www.togaware.com/linux/survivor/Han...d_Crafting.html or google for "XF86Config"+"external monitor". This seems to be a well documented thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted January 9, 2004 Report Share Posted January 9, 2004 when it boots up you should be able to press the function key (FN) + F8 to switch between the LCD and the CRT you have plugged in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash777 Posted January 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2004 sorry i took so long my comp was down. thankyou for your replies :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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