I have an sony vaio laptop and the screen is pretty small so i have connect to tv with a HDMI cable but opensuse doesnt show on the tv. How do i output either the same screen or an extended desktop ?
If i’m not mistaken, there is a function key combo just like my toshia has that is used to turn on internal display, external display or both.
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What version of openSUSE are you running?
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What graphics hardware /driver are you using?
/sbin/lspci -nnk
- The following command might yield useful information as well:
xrandr
techwiz03 what is the key combo ?
deano_ferrari from the sound of your post im assuming there is no standard way to change things like display settings, is unix really that far behind windows?
anyway i will look into getting some answers for those questions and get back to you
on my laptop Toshiba l350 I press ‘Fn’ + F5 to switch between lcd, external, both. There is no need to use any software although toshiba does ship with a windows hwsetup program where you can turn on or off the ‘Fn’ + F5 option. If the option is enabled you can change the display with the keys, if disabled, the laptop uses the display choice you set in the program ldc or external or both.
Unix and Linux and Mac OS/X are decades ahead of Microsoft, problem is that with M$ they give you a few choices preset in specific manors and with the other OS’s there are many choices and each choice has multiple possible configurations.
deano_ferrari from the sound of your post im assuming there is no standard way to change things like display settings, is unix really that far behind windows?
No, linux actually gives you a better chance to see what is happening under the hood with powerful CLI commands. Like techwiz03 mentioned, you generally only have access to a limited GUI interface in the M$ environment. The xrandr command I suggested to you, was simply to see what display devices and modes were available. There is a graphical front-end (KDE utility) you can use called Krandr, which can quickly configure display settings as well. If you posted the relevant info as requested, someone may be able to offer further help. The openSUSE version, graphics chipset, and active driver have an important bearing on the options available to you.