how to toggle between screen display and outside monitor (beam)

Hello,

I am using Suse 10.0, Toshiba Tecra S1 notebook. I urgently need to have
monitor signal in the local display and externeal device (a beam
projector, I am a trainer) in the same time. When Suse starts it captures
the display to the outside device when it is connected, otherwise it uses
local display. But I need both working... Fn-F5 keys do not work (this is
Toshiba toggling method). It worked in the 9.3 version - both displays
automatically.

Help please,

Chris

kmarkowicz@techmex.com.pl wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am using Suse 10.0, Toshiba Tecra S1 notebook. I urgently need to have
> monitor signal in the local display and externeal device (a beam
> projector, I am a trainer) in the same time. When Suse starts it captures
> the display to the outside device when it is connected, otherwise it uses
> local display. But I need both working... Fn-F5 keys do not work (this is
> Toshiba toggling method). It worked in the 9.3 version - both displays
> automatically.
>
> Help please,
>
> Chris
Sorry can't help with the specific hardware I use a IBM Thinkpad but an
idea.

Does the graphics driver for the video card have a dual head function? It
might have been that 9.3 saw this functionality automatically and 10 is
not.

If so IIRC you can have both displays show the same information instead of
showing different parts of the same desktop. Would this work?

J

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Pye, James Pye, chmod 007
The Ultimate Open Source

> kmarkowicz@techmex.com.pl wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am using Suse 10.0, Toshiba Tecra S1 notebook. I urgently need to have
> > monitor signal in the local display and externeal device (a beam
> > projector, I am a trainer) in the same time. When Suse starts it captures
> > the display to the outside device when it is connected, otherwise it uses
> > local display. But I need both working... Fn-F5 keys do not work (this is
> > Toshiba toggling method). It worked in the 9.3 version - both displays
> > automatically.
> >
> > Help please,
> >
> > Chris
> Sorry can't help with the specific hardware I use a IBM Thinkpad but an
> idea.
>
> Does the graphics driver for the video card have a dual head function? It
> might have been that 9.3 saw this functionality automatically and 10 is
> not.
>
> If so IIRC you can have both displays show the same information instead of
> showing different parts of the same desktop. Would this work?
>
> J
>
> --
> Pye, James Pye, chmod 007
> The Ultimate Open Source

thank you for prompt response.
In the meantime I dicovered a new ATI driver for my display (ATI web).
After installation I can see both displays. Thanks again

Chris

kmarkowicz@techmex.com.pl wrote:

>> kmarkowicz@techmex.com.pl wrote:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I am using Suse 10.0, Toshiba Tecra S1 notebook. I urgently need to
>> > have
>> > monitor signal in the local display and externeal device (a beam
>> > projector, I am a trainer) in the same time. When Suse starts it
>> > captures the display to the outside device when it is connected,
>> > otherwise it uses
>> > local display. But I need both working... Fn-F5 keys do not work (this
>> > is Toshiba toggling method). It worked in the 9.3 version - both
>> > displays automatically.
>> >
>> > Help please,
>> >
>> > Chris
>> Sorry can't help with the specific hardware I use a IBM Thinkpad but an
>> idea.
>>
>> Does the graphics driver for the video card have a dual head function? It
>> might have been that 9.3 saw this functionality automatically and 10 is
>> not.
>>
>> If so IIRC you can have both displays show the same information instead
>> of showing different parts of the same desktop. Would this work?
>>
>> J
>>
>> --
>> Pye, James Pye, chmod 007
>> The Ultimate Open Source
>
> thank you for prompt response.
> In the meantime I dicovered a new ATI driver for my display (ATI web).
> After installation I can see both displays. Thanks again
>
> Chris
Chris

No probs, Good Luck with the class.

Jim
Master CNE, CNI, Novell CDE, LPIC-1 and bar :-)

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Pye, James Pye, chmod 007
The Ultimate Open Source

Jim Pye wrote:
> kmarkowicz@techmex.com.pl wrote:
>>> kmarkowicz@techmex.com.pl wrote:
>>> > I am using Suse 10.0, Toshiba Tecra S1 notebook. I urgently need to
>>> > have
>>> > monitor signal in the local display and externeal device (a beam
>>> > projector, I am a trainer) in the same time. When Suse starts it
>> In the meantime I dicovered a new ATI driver for my display (ATI web).
>> After installation I can see both displays. Thanks again
>>
>> Chris
> Chris
>
> No probs, Good Luck with the class.
>
> Jim

See also the i810switch project
http://www16.plala.or.jp/mano-a-mano/i810switch.html or the i855crt project
http://sourceforge.net/projects/i855crt

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Freek

Freek wrote:

> Jim Pye wrote:
>> kmarkowicz@techmex.com.pl wrote:
>>>> kmarkowicz@techmex.com.pl wrote:
>>>> > I am using Suse 10.0, Toshiba Tecra S1 notebook. I urgently need to
>>>> > have
>>>> > monitor signal in the local display and externeal device (a beam
>>>> > projector, I am a trainer) in the same time. When Suse starts it
>>> In the meantime I dicovered a new ATI driver for my display (ATI web).
>>> After installation I can see both displays. Thanks again
>>>
>>> Chris
>> Chris
>>
>> No probs, Good Luck with the class.
>>
>> Jim
>
> See also the i810switch project
> http://www16.plala.or.jp/mano-a-mano/i810switch.html or the i855crt
> project http://sourceforge.net/projects/i855crt
>
Cheers for that.

J

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The Ultimate Open Source