Second monitor not displaying as clone

Jean Hollis Weber jean-ooo at taming-openoffice-org.com
Sat Apr 22 12:02:36 UTC 2006


Daniel Carrera wrote:
> Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
> 
>>> Does it work again if you run i810rotate? If so, then yes, I guess we 
>>> should put it in a startup file.
>>>
>>> Give me a minute to think of a good place to put it. Please tell me 
>>> if i810rotate works.
>>
>> Yes, that got it working again. Thanks!
> 
> In that case, edit /etc/init.d/gdm as follows:
> 
> 1. sudo gedit /etc/init.d/gdm
> 2. Scroll to the bottom.
> 3. *before* the 'exit 0' put the following:
> 
> # Turn the internal LCD and external LCD both "on"
> i810switch crt on lcd on
> 
> 
> Now both should be on every time you start the computer.

I just edited the file and then rebooted to test it, and both 
monitors came on. :-)
Thanks!
Cheers, Jean




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