Re: [SLE] Laptop with Docking Station

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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 02:27:44 +0000
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Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:
> On Wednesday 15 December 2004 18:22, Sid Boyce wrote:
>
>>Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:
>>
>>>On Wednesday 15 December 2004 13:32, Stan Glasoe wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Wednesday 15 December 2004 1:21 pm, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Where can I get information on how to set up 9.2 in a laptop which I
>>>>>will be using alone a good part of the time, and sometimes, using a
>>>>>docking station with a larger monitor?
>>>>>
>>>>>Specifically, how do I set up the second monitor? Sax seems to limit me
>>>>>to one. I can't use "multi-head" because I have only one video
>>>>>card.This will be "either or" not "both"
>>>>>
>>>>>dj tuchler
>>>>
>>>>YaST, System, Profile Manager will get the SCPM (System Configuration
>>>>Profile Management) up and running. Check the list for a recent
>>>>discussion. It was designed with laptops, docking stations and multiple
>>>>locations in mind. Recent discussion was on other uses for servers, etc.
>>>>
>>>>Stan
>>>
>>>Thank you! I will search the archives. Funny there is no HowTo on this
>>>topic.
>>>
>>>dj tuchler
>>
>>The only problem would be if your docking station has an ethernet port,
>>then that may come up as eth0, on mine, it was eth1 on 9.1, now it's
>>eth0 with 9.2. With the monitor, there is a key combination that can
>>switch video to the external monitor, assuming the docking station has a
>>video port that mates with the external video port on the laptop.
>>I used my laptop that way between home and work for a number of years.
>>Regards
>>Sid.
>
>
> Thank you for your note! How does one find out about all this? How did you
> find out? How do I find out about the proper key combination?
>
> Thanks again
>
> dj tuchler
>
>
It is documented in the manual for the laptops and we used the large
screens connected to the docking stations that were on desks in our
offices to make reading easy on the eyes. It's also something we look
out for on all new laptops, as we need to use laptops with projectors
for presentations. Our laptops also needed to be connected to the office
LANs when working from our various offices.
It differs on laptops depending on the manufacturer, Function-F10 on our
first 2 Fujitu laptops, I can't remember what the 3rd. was and on the
new Acer it is Function-F5 to switch video out and back. On the keyboard
it's usually a small box in the shape of a screen under the F5 e.g or 2
small boxes side by side, one unshaded and the other shaded.
Regards
Sid.

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