External Display?

[wackpanther]

Hi
I'm a new salix user
trying to figure out how to use an external display with my laptop running salix.
When I plug the monitor in, nothing happens.
Am I missing a driver?
If so, how do I find out which one and install it?
thanks for any help
sorry if this question is redundant

[gapan]

You'll have to use xrandr to setup your new monitor. If you're comfortable with the command line, just:

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man xrandr

If you're not, the easiest way to do it, is to install lxrandr, which is a graphical frontend to xrandr. If you're using KDE, you don't need lxrandr, as KDE has its own configuration tool for that.

[thenktor]

And depending on your graphics card it may be a good idea to install the manufacturer's (nvdidia/ati) binary driver, e.g. the HDMI output of my notebook only works with the Ati binary driver.