External Monitor with Old Notebook

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knut
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External Monitor with Old Notebook

#1 Post by knut »

Hi,
I connected an external Monitor to my IBM A22 (older Laptop) via VGA. At first nothing happened, black screen on Monitor, Laptops Monitor worked normally.
Then I tried it with a reboot, now I have a black screen at internal Monitor, external works fine. :D
Is it possible with puppy to work on both monitors at the same time?
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Puppus Dogfellow
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#2 Post by Puppus Dogfellow »

Yes, install zarfy.

Lxrandr and arandr may work but haven't been as extensively tested. Grandr will also likely do it, but some have found it buggy.
[the others (lxrandr is two pets) you can find in my repo under both audio, etc and utilities, etc.]
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#3 Post by knut »

O.k. I will try that, thank You!!
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#4 Post by Puppus Dogfellow »

knut wrote:O.k. I will try that, thank You!!
You're welcome. Let us know what you used and how it turned out.
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