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Ubuntu 10.04 can't output to projector

Asked by Dan Miller

I run both Windows 7 Ultimate and Ubuntu 10.04 on my Asus N80Vb. While using Windows I can hit Fn-F8 to output my screen to a projector. However, this does not work in Ubuntu. I've also tried using the Monitors preferences dialog, but I can't get output. I've searched around the internet and most of the suggestions involving changing something in X configuration, but nothing thus far has worked. Any help?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of:

sudo lshw -C display

Thanks

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Dan Miller (dgm747) said : 		#2

danmiller@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C display
[sudo] password for danmiller:
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: G98 [GeForce 9300M 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 bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
       resources: irq:16 memory:fb000000-fbffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff(prefetchable) memory:f8000000-f9ffffff ioport:cc00(size=128) memory:fa000000-fa01ffff(prefetchable)
danmiller@ubuntu:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

ok then plug in the projector and run:

nvidia-settings

You can then click "detect settings" and the projector should be seen as an extra monitor which you can then configure.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

You may just have to press the F8 thing. My lappy has a similar key combo and woirks fine, just press it twice in quick succession, maybe 3 times etc

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