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Gavin
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Originally posted by neotransotaku
you should be able to switch display mode using Fn key and F10 or F12 or something (it is a key that has a box > solid box on it) without having to tell the OS that you want to use an external monitor. If that does not work, then you will need to wait for someone else who knows ubuntu better to help you.


Aha! You were absolutely right, neotransotaku. I didn't even think to look at the keyboard but it actually listed "LCD/CRT" on one of the function keys as you said. Thanks a lot for the help, I appreciate it.
neotransotaku
Posts: 49/1860		 you should be able to switch display mode using Fn key and F10 or F12 or something (it is a key that has a box > solid box on it) without having to tell the OS that you want to use an external monitor. If that does not work, then you will need to wait for someone else who knows ubuntu better to help you.
Gavin
Posts: 19/181		 A bit ago I pulled my brother's old laptop (Dell inspiron 2600) out of oblivion and decided to install Ubuntu on it. He left it at home when he went into the service and unfortunatly, right smack in the center, the screen had a medium sized tear.. well, that crack has grown to an unbearable size which makes doing anything on the laptop virtually impossible. I'm able to tool around with things, but I have to keep adjusting the window locations, something that I get frustrated and angry just thining about. So instead of paying money to fix the screen (perpetually broke) I figured I would just use an extra monitor.

The problem is that I don't know what the hell I'm doing. I have always been interested in Linux but I haven't taken much time to really fool around with it beyond getting my computer to support my wireless internet device. I'm the newbiest of newbs, even with Ubuntu.

So my question to those more experienced would be how do I get Ubuntu to recognize this extra monitor I'm hooking into the laptop instead of the default lcd screen?
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