From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 25 16:15:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8917106566B for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:15:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2445B8FC2B for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:15:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m3PGFwjO057538; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:15:58 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id DB97BB82A; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:15:57 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:15:57 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Kemian Dang Message-ID: <20080425161557.GE86456@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Kemian Dang , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <82f916c90804250734h6ca7d321haaa206b4dccc7752@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZRyEpB+iJ+qUx0kp" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <82f916c90804250734h6ca7d321haaa206b4dccc7752@mail.gmail.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to use a external monitor on FB7/Gnome X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:15:59 -0000 --ZRyEpB+iJ+qUx0kp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 03:34:32PM +0100, Kemian Dang wrote: > Dear All, >=20 > I use a laptop with Freebsd 7.0 stable and Gnome 2.22, the graphic card is > integrated nvidia go 6150. > I want to use a external monitor to support my work, but I find it gave = no > display when I plug the monitor, with the Fn + f4 key(this works in > winodws). > Seems no related topics in hand book / mailing list, so anyone could give > some clue? My dell laptop has a sysctl which you can use to enable the external vga port. I just can't recall the name. Try 'sysctl -a|grep enable'. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --ZRyEpB+iJ+qUx0kp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkgSA70ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyXEEwCeKQfShcdUTn2r715AfIxcobB+ UVEAnjw4DVURKwayhr6JSVb2WkBUfAmd =2Kc7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZRyEpB+iJ+qUx0kp--