[H-GEN] hot-plug vga data projector

[Peter Robinson]

On 16/07/13 06:56, Sandra Mansell wrote:
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> On 16/07/2013 6:49 AM, Peter Robinson wrote:
>> I am running xubuntu 13.04 on a Dell laptop. Any thoughts on how to
>> hot-plug a vga data projector?
>
> There should be a function key combo (blue icon on one of your F1-F10 
> keys) that forces it. IIRC this works no matter what OS you're 
> running. Without knowing which Dell laptop I can't tell you which it's 
> connected to, but it should look like a monitor. On my Mini 10 
> Netbook, it's on F1. So I hold the Fn key (down between Ctrl and Shift 
> on the left) and press F1 and it feeds it to the VGA out.
>
> Sandra.

For me it's F8 - I believe I tried Fn-F8 a few times but I didn't think 
it worked. I will give it another try.
(Dell Latitude).

Update - I just tried it again and a little window popped up asking if I 
wanted the laptop, projector or both - that seemed to work OK (except it 
reset the resolution - but that's not really a problem because I will 
want to change that anyway). Admittedly that was with an external 
monitor that it already recognized but it's promising anyway.

Thanks Sandra.