Connecting External Monitor to Acer Notebook

[Arjun Shankar]

> I have an Acer TravelMate 4000NLCi (855GME board), and an LG
> Studioworks 500G (15") monitor. Well, I signed up for a
> "LaptopTestingTeam" page for my notebook. On that page, it says that
> normally, i just need to plug in my external monitor, and push the
> display switch on my notebook for the monitor to work. That is not
> happening. Do I need to edit xorg.conf, or is there an easier way? In
> any case, how do I get it to work? And is it normally supposed to be
> as easy to plug in and push the button?
> Thanks in advance!
> Arjun Shankar

Well, I got a tarball from the following link and followed
instructions. It is a driver for running the external monitor in
conjunction with the LCD screen, for an 855GM board. Following the
instructions in the README got me a working monitor. However, the
display quality was bad. However it might help someone else (unless I
am doing something completely useless, because there is a better way.
I have been using linux for a while now, but never been bothered too
much with getting my systerm to 'just work' until now. Any ideas?)

Arjun Shankar