External monitor on Dell Inspiron 2500 and Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn
Posted by Chris @ 10:19 pm
After Anthony kindly gave me his Mum's old laptop, a Dell Inspiron 2500, I've put it to good use by getting the latest Ubuntu version (Feisty Fawn) installed on it and generally getting it setup.
One goal that has been evading my up until today however was getting the external VGA working so that it would display its lovely screen on my flashy new TV. Well after a bit of fiddling and reading about, I have got it working!
Firstly, make sure you've enabled simultaneous output through the LCD and VGA socket in the BIOS, or you will get nowhere. Secondly, avoid all the reading around I had to do and follow the steps on Ubuntu Guide here. And that's it, plug your TV (or monitor) in and give yourself a pat on the back for another job well done.
As requested, a photo...
5 Comments
Friday, May 18, 2007 9:00:00 am
Glad your having fun, so where are the pictures?!?!?This comment posted by
Monday, May 28, 2007 11:17:00 am
Why did you put a picture of the back of the telly???? Why bruv why?This comment posted by
Monday, May 28, 2007 1:24:00 pm
Because someone asked for it!This comment posted by
Thursday, November 22, 2012 10:25:00 pm
How much memory does your Dell Inspiron 2500 have? If over 512 did you upgrade the BIOS?This comment posted by
Friday, November 23, 2012 8:53:00 am
Not sure, but it isn't more than 512MB, and I haven't upgraded the BIOS.This comment posted by
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