How to add external monitor to laptop?

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Brian C
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How to add external monitor to laptop?

#1 Post by Brian C »

I want to get Puppy to support an external monitor on my laptop (Dell Inspiron 6000 w/ Intel i915 graphics chipset) so that I can have an extended desktop that spans both monitors. Does anyone have a reccomended way to do this?
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#2 Post by MU »

do you already see anything on that monitor, for example the same as on the notebook-monitor?
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#3 Post by Brian C »

The second monitor has nothing on it, and in fact does not come on at all presently.
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Have you activate the monitor via your keypad?

#4 Post by Getnikar »

This might seem obvious, but have you activated the monitor? Many(most?) laptops have keys eg Fn-f(number) that switches the signal to the external monitor on.
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