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Cc: Unga <unga888@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: How to connect a projector to a FreeBSD laptop?
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On Mon, 20 Jun 2011, Polytropon wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:32:55 -0700 (PDT), Unga wrote:
>>
>> 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.

If that doesn't work, there's also xrandr.