External Monitor?

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    Snufkin

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    How do you enable an external monitor in ubuntu/xubuntu? I plug it in but nothing happens.

    Thanks.
     
    Snufkin, Sep 4, 2008
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    googiyo

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    You have to reboot it!
    FN+F5 is of no work.
     
    googiyo, Sep 5, 2008
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    Plug in external monitor, in a shell window type:

    xrandr

    It'll show if a VGA monitor has been detected, and the availible screen size. Then, for example:

    xrandr --output VGA --mode 1024x768

    To switch it off:

    xrandr --output VGA --off

    a.
     
    acidbits, Sep 8, 2008
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    Has anyone a idea what it would take to get the FN-key to work?
     
    seismicmenace, Nov 27, 2008
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    Whats wrong with System > Preferences > Screen Resolution ?

    You might need to edit xorg.conf if it's a big monitor, but it should be fine.
     
    Issue313, Dec 1, 2008
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