External monitor on a laptop, help please!!

[jorgevaldes]

Whenever I run "startx" as soon as the GUI loads my external monitor goes dead, and since my lcd screen is busted i cant use the GUI.
When I exit the gui there are a lot of line that go something like this: (--) SVGA: NM2093.... etc. and one of them says:
(--) SVGA: NM2093: Internal LCD only display mode.

Anyway I can change this? i have tried editing the Xconfig file but I can't find that option.

Any help would be apreciated, as I am VERY new to Linux and dont want to screw things up. And if I cant use the external monitor my computer is amost useless.
:confused:

[thedexman]

Try adding the line

Option "externdisp"

in the device section for your Neomagic video card of your XF86Config file. Restart X and that should work

Option "interndisp"

sets the display to LCD.

[ 07 November 2001: Message edited by: thedexman ]

[jorgevaldes]

Thanks!1 it worked great :)
The pointer doesnt seem to be working, i have it set to PS/2 but it doesnt work, what could be wrong?

[The Whizzard]

Try to set it to AUTO. Sometimes it'll pick it up automaticaly.

Otherwise, do you have gpm installed? If you have mouse movements in the commandline, then you probably have gpm installed. If so, use /dev/gpmdata as the device, and I believe gpmdata(?) as the type.

[ 08 November 2001: Message edited by: The Whizzard ]