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Date:      Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:32:54 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Ross A Lippert <ripper@plato.nmia.com>
Cc:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: second laptop monitor
Message-ID:  <20000414093254.B16874@orion.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <m12g7Ap-0011bUC@plato.nmia.com>; from ripper@plato.nmia.com on Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 08:34:18AM -0600
References:  <m12g7Ap-0011bUC@plato.nmia.com>

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[This was probably better for -questions]

On Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 08:34:18AM -0600, Ross A Lippert wrote:
> Does freebsd currently support the use of the extra monitor port that
> some laptops have?  I've noticed that under windows I can plug a
> monitor into this port and the monitor will reproduce whatever is on
> the laptop display.  I'd really like to be able to do this with
> freebsd.

It depends what you mean by "support".  The external output on my HP
Omnibook works just fine.  However, I don't know of any FreeBSD program
to set which display(s) to use so I have to use the Fn keys to enable to
external output.  You should be able to use some key sequence to cycle
through the available display options or, in the worse case, enable the
external port in the BIOS.  That probably won't do wonders for your
battery life though.

-- Brooks

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