From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Apr 14 9:33: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from orion.ac.hmc.edu (Orion.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1DB137BD7A for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:33:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brdavis@orion.ac.hmc.edu) Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by orion.ac.hmc.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA04569; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:32:54 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:32:54 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Ross A Lippert Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: second laptop monitor Message-ID: <20000414093254.B16874@orion.ac.hmc.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre4i In-Reply-To: ; from ripper@plato.nmia.com on Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 08:34:18AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [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 -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message