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Date:      Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:21:53 +0100
From:      "Kemian Dang" <dangkm@gmail.com>
To:        "Eric Schuele" <e.schuele@computer.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to use a external monitor on FB7/Gnome
Message-ID:  <82f916c90804260921t5284057u96673e9dc2c6b2d8@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <48134CA0.5040703@computer.org>
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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 <e.schuele@computer.org>:
> 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



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