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portable >> Dell 7500 w/Fedora C2: how to switch display to external monitor?

by bbqdrew » Fri, 04 Feb 2005 10:45:00 GMT

Hello all,

I've recently installed Fedora C2 on a Dell 7500, and all went exactly
as expected (it's dual-boot with WindersXP). My challenge now is
figuring out how to switch the display from the laptop panel to the
external monitor port.

In WinXP, this is done by hitting the Fn-F7 keys, but that's not
working with C2. I went digging through the keyboard options, but
didn't find anything obvious.

Anyone have any ideas? Other than this hangup, which I'll admit could
be a show stopper, it's working perfectly.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
Andy Suplee


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