Hi guys,
I just bought a good second hand laptop, it was Lenovo T60. The problem is there is no OS come with it… So I’m Gecko User…
So I just installed 11.2 as my primary OS. But they are weird thing that I can’t project my laptop on projector via VIDEO port.
Why?
Because before this I have IBM Thinkpad T43 and there is no problem at all.
Please somebody help me,…
Thanks guys…
Regards
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antropos wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I just bought a good second hand laptop, it was Lenovo T60. The problem
> is there is no OS come with it… So I’m Gecko User… So I just
> installed 11.2 as my primary OS. But they are weird thing that I can’t
> project my laptop on projector via VIDEO port.
I have a Lenovo T61 running OpenSuSE 11.2.
I plug in the video projecter, turn it on, then boot up my laptop. When it
boots the projecter and the normal display light up.
Bob.
I find the capability to project to a projector is dependant on three factors: (1) the hardware graphics (2) the graphics driver (3) the desktop (KDE ? Gnome ? ) Can you help us out there and advise what you have for graphics hardware, graphics driver, and what desktop ?
One can find information on the T60 here: Category:T60 - ThinkWiki Also, in the case of your T60 I read IBM-Lenovo Thinkpad T60 [Linux Laptop Wiki]
Graphics
Some versions of the T60 use the Intel Media Accelerator 950 graphics chip. Use the i810 module for these laptops.
Some versions of the T60 use the ATI Mobility Radeon x1300 and x1400 graphics chip. The open source radeon module does not support this chip yet but you can get it working with the proprietary ATI module.
If that is the case, and if you are using KDE4, plug in the external projector, and type ‘xrandr’ in a terminal as a regular user.
Further to that, the Think wiki notes some T60’s Intel Graphics is the 950, and it has this Link with guidance: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 - ThinkWiki
In that article it has massive guidance on using this laptop with an external projector.