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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

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

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.