From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 26 16:21:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E847106566B for ; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:21:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dangkm@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B2738FC16 for ; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:21:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dangkm@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u52so6570381pyb.10 for ; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:21:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=U2XTUihxiW6HVI1Sp/FEjwC6A5pNgXXAersWaGA0nDE=; b=I7FqFCUnR3kHyYDdQjDR+uhlLT10ruJ71hyfputwmO7HlX1VheTPzDsCCkTyuG2B730TDLHllw/JYS+Z3UZ/DUwyU5SbO6PR3kQ8LoWW0xUcB9hBzifx3bWK2HIqv2cdMd/kM/IjnWFLhgOM7IGtm/mdg0kEF7dEcSwWGF8Y26I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Nlqcq117DxdRX59bAja2MSeOSwOa4WfX3x/L+TQSQ6DWzcD0i6HLkFWrqAmEPXu10N3cx86xYf15poB9fot+G8q4SmW6Rue1o5maFj3XN/skobTBcO2/dwufOnQsi+CR9v8QAJucDkffecRyARgIY4MA9zRJV8iKNAvT0U3VAt0= Received: by 10.65.44.5 with SMTP id w5mr10770295qbj.31.1209226913287; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:21:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.209.16 with HTTP; Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:21:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <82f916c90804260921t5284057u96673e9dc2c6b2d8@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:21:53 +0100 From: "Kemian Dang" To: "Eric Schuele" In-Reply-To: <48134CA0.5040703@computer.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <82f916c90804250734h6ca7d321haaa206b4dccc7752@mail.gmail.com> <4811F6DF.8030202@unsane.co.uk> <82f916c90804260229q214bc457i1d39183faf11f269@mail.gmail.com> <48134CA0.5040703@computer.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to use a external monitor on FB7/Gnome X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:21:54 -0000 I tried Fn F4 combination in previous test which works for Windows, but without response at all. It works for Windows, so I think the BIOS or Key pair should not be the problem. Any way, thank you for your suggestion, and I will take a look at BIOS next time I restart the machine to make it sure. 2008/4/26 Eric Schuele : > On 04/26/2008 04:29, Kemian Dang wrote: > > Hi Vince and Roland, > > > > Thank you for the reply, but unfortunately, they did not work. > > > > I closed the laptop, connected the monitor and restarted the laptop, > > "xrandr -q" only gave the information of integrated monitor, no > > external monitors' information and "xrandr --auto" did not give any > > information. > > Some laptops require you to either enable the external VGA output in the > BIOS, and/or use a function key to enable the output. > > > > > > I also tries "sysctl -a |grep enable", the output is: > > > > kern.smp.forward_roundrobin_enabled: 1 > > kern.smp.forward_signal_enabled: 1 > > vm.swap_enabled: 1 > > vm.swap_idle_enabled: 0 > > vm.idlezero_enable: 0 > > vfs.nfs.nfs_directio_enable: 0 > > vfs.vmiodirenable: 1 > > net.inet.tcp.sack.enable: 1 > > net.inet.tcp.inflight.enable: 1 > > net.inet.sctp.ecn_enable: 1 > > hw.firewire.phydma_enable: 1 > > hw.pci.enable_msix: 1 > > hw.pci.enable_msi: 1 > > hw.pci.enable_io_modes: 1 > > hw.apic.enable_extint: 0 > > machdep.enable_panic_key: 0 > > security.bsd.suser_enabled: 1 > > > > There seems no entry about monitor -- If I miss something please advice me. > > > > PS. The laptop is a Compaq Presario V3431AU. > > > -- > Regards, > Eric > > > -- Best wishes, Kemian