Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:39:12 -0500 From: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> To: Kemian Dang <dangkm@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to use a external monitor on FB7/Gnome Message-ID: <48134CA0.5040703@computer.org> In-Reply-To: <82f916c90804260229q214bc457i1d39183faf11f269@mail.gmail.com> References: <82f916c90804250734h6ca7d321haaa206b4dccc7752@mail.gmail.com> <4811F6DF.8030202@unsane.co.uk> <82f916c90804260229q214bc457i1d39183faf11f269@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 04/26/2008 04:29, Kemian Dang wrote: > Hi Vince and Roland, > > Thank you for the reply, but unfortunately, they did not work. > > I closed the laptop, connected the monitor and restarted the laptop, > "xrandr -q" only gave the information of integrated monitor, no > external monitors' information and "xrandr --auto" did not give any > information. Some laptops require you to either enable the external VGA output in the BIOS, and/or use a function key to enable the output. > > I also tries "sysctl -a |grep enable", the output is: > > kern.smp.forward_roundrobin_enabled: 1 > kern.smp.forward_signal_enabled: 1 > vm.swap_enabled: 1 > vm.swap_idle_enabled: 0 > vm.idlezero_enable: 0 > vfs.nfs.nfs_directio_enable: 0 > vfs.vmiodirenable: 1 > net.inet.tcp.sack.enable: 1 > net.inet.tcp.inflight.enable: 1 > net.inet.sctp.ecn_enable: 1 > hw.firewire.phydma_enable: 1 > hw.pci.enable_msix: 1 > hw.pci.enable_msi: 1 > hw.pci.enable_io_modes: 1 > hw.apic.enable_extint: 0 > machdep.enable_panic_key: 0 > security.bsd.suser_enabled: 1 > > There seems no entry about monitor -- If I miss something please advice me. > > PS. The laptop is a Compaq Presario V3431AU. -- Regards, Eric [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkgTTKAACgkQngSDRM3IXUqIyACfWUDiebANwhoJ+r6jK5tNGpyX LjsAnirpwNlscGJULttpWAqr6NCd5y9g =8Lmb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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