Redirect Laptop screen to vga socket

bigtone · 07-18-2009, 08:50 AM

I am running Lenny on a Dell Lattitude laptop. I would like to vew the screen on a larger TV screen. The function keys Fn + F5 or Fn + F7 have no effect !!

Any ideas would be much appreciated

Thanks

Tony

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 07-18-2009, 09:08 AM

Have you checked your bios to see if this function is turned on?

bigtone · 07-18-2009, 03:01 PM

I just checked and there is no option for this in my BIOS.
Thanks
Tony

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 07-18-2009, 03:59 PM

Which model latitude is it?

anon099 · 07-18-2009, 08:20 PM

I have a dell D600 that I do that with at work and it can be a little flaky sometimes. Plug it in to the monitor before you boot. You should see a mirrored output on both the laptop and the monitor. Have you had this tv working with linux before? There is a possibility that the issue is with X connecting to you tv and not a switching issue.