Connecting laptop to tv with RGB cable

What is the output of:

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

Im not quite sure what youre asking. When I plug the RGB into the laptop it
doesnt do anything at all, no response.

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What is the output of:

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

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Its a terminal command. Copy the whole thing as ONE and paste in a terminal, type your password and copy the output to paste here

im not very good with ubuntu... where do i type in this command?

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Your question #150105 on xorg in Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+question/150105

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(1) Please do not reply with the text of the previous message included. This is very confusing for those of us who use Launchpad's web-based interface...which includes almost all contributers providing help with questions. Assuming that your email client automatically includes this, you can manually remove it before you hit Send. Or you can use the web-based interface for your question instead (https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/150105), which does not automatically include that text.

(2) actionparsnip is asking you to open a Terminal window (Applications > Accessories > Terminal, or press Ctrl+Alt+T, and then run the command:

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a

To run a command in the Terminal, type it in exactly or (much preferably) copy it from your email or web browser to the clipboard (select it and press Ctrl+C) and paste it into the Terminal window (click the middle mouse button in the Terminal, or right-click in the Terminal and click Paste, or do Edit > Paste from the Terminal window's menu bar). Then press enter.

This command may prompt you for your password. As you enter it, you will not see any placeholder characters (like *). That's OK, just type it in and press enter.

Then select all the text from the Terminal (Edit > Select All), copy it to the clipboard (Edit > Copy), and paste it here so that actionparsnip can see it.

(3) The text of the email you replied to "Ubuntu => xorg in Ubuntu" is just informing you that I classified your question; that is not itself a command that you should type or paste anywhere.

I think I was able to follow your directions...heres what I found

ubuntu@ubuntu-HP-Pavilion-dv2700-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a
[sudo] password for ubuntu:
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: G86 [GeForce 8400M GS]
       vendor: nVidia Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
       resources: irq:16 memory:ce000000-ceffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:cc000000-cdffffff ioport:2000(size=128)
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick
Linux ubuntu-HP-Pavilion-dv2700-Notebook-PC 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 20:32:27 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ubuntu@ubuntu-HP-Pavilion-dv2700-Notebook-PC:~$

ok have the screen attached then under the system menu you should see nvidia settings

you can then connect the TV and click "Detect screens" a few times, it should pick it up.

I tried to go to system/ administration/ nvidia x serversettings
that was the closest I could find
however i didnt see anything about detect screen
just detect display and nothing happened

http://tracylogan.com/uploads/Image/nvidia-settings.png

Bottom middle - Detect displays...

in your link I see the same thing except
next to the box that says seiko/epson 1280 x 800
it says CRT-O disabled
the model says seiko/epson (dfp-o on gpu-o)

That doesn't matter in any way. Do you have the "detect displays" button????

yes i click on it and nothing happens
should i just keep trying for longer then 10 minutes?

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