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[Simon <greminn@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Carl

On 6/20/06, Carl Hartung <suselinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Monday 19 June 2006 20:10, Simon wrote:
> > Hi There,
> >
> > Can anyone provide any insight here? Its a pain when you have a 19"
> > external monitor that you cant use :)
>
> Hi Simon,
>
> I don't know if this relates to your problem or not, but I saved this in my
> personal 'troubleshooting' posts archive:
>
> > Try your laptop user's guide first. Does your laptop have a function
> > (F1-F12) key with a picture of two monitors on it - usually F4 or F5. On
> > many laptop, you hold down a special "Fn" key and then press the F4 or F5
> > (or whatever) to cycle through various output modes. Each time I press
> > this combination on my laptop changes from LCD only - VGA only - both LCD
> > and VGA - LCD only - VGA only - etc ...

I wish it was that easy!!!

I have the feeling that my toshiba's screen choice keys (as you say
above) is software driven, rather than hardware - as when i only see
the 'screen menu' in windows and any number of tries only gives me
both screens mirrored.

Simon

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