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From: jkh@whisker.hubbard.ie (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development
Subject: Re: Notebook -- LCD/External display switching
Date: 16 Apr 1994 19:55:07 GMT
Organization: Jordan Hubbard
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In-reply-to: veit@mururoa.gmd.de's message of Fri, 15 Apr 1994 13:51:50 GMT

In article <1994Apr15.135150.1013@gmd.de> veit@mururoa.gmd.de (Holger Veit) writes:
   I would have understood the above request (Notebook!) to switching between 
   external VGA and LCD screen, not virtual screens. I have my doubts
   that syscons can detect the highly machine/video card specific methods
   to output between connectors.

You're right - I didn't read the guy's request thoroughly enough.
Sorry guys!  I was wrong, there is no easy way to do LCD->external
display switching in software.  Most laptops don't even support software
switching; you need to hold down a key while it's booting or forget it.

					Jordan
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