From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 20 16:57:41 2011 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 A53BA1065672 for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:57:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67E5F8FC13 for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:57:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-180-180.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.180.180]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 852623CD5D; Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:57:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id p5KGvdLV002834; Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:57:39 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:57:39 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Unga Message-Id: <20110620185739.885b4283.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <332923.63090.qm@web160119.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <332923.63090.qm@web160119.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to connect a projector to a FreeBSD laptop? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:57:41 -0000 On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:32:55 -0700 (PDT), Unga wrote: > Hi all > > I have a laptop running FreeBSD 8.1 with X server 1.7.5. > > I need to connect a projector to this laptop to show a presentation. > > After connect the projector to the laptop, I had rebooted the > laptop, the projector's screen just blink only. > > Could somebody please highlight to me how to successfully connect > a projector and what configurations needs to be done? You did correctly connect the projector before starting the machine. On most laptops you'll find a "CRT/LCD" key (usually among the PF keys on top) you need to press with the "Fn" key. This will cycle through three modes: LCD only -> LCD and CRT -> CRT only. Press this once or twice, and you should get output on the projector. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...