[ale] Laptop without LCD panel (running Linux)

[Greg Clifton]

If you can get into the BIOS (and see what you're doing there), look for a
setting for dual monitor output or a preference for an external display
over the built in display. If you can get to it, that should fix the
problem.

On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 11:30 PM, Alex Carver via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> I don't know what Toshiba's setup screen looks like but I seem to recall
> it had a setting for mirroring the display.  Alternatively if you can
> get Windows up to get to the external screen you might be able to use a
> Toshiba setup utility from there to change the boot-time parameters so
> that it will boot to the external screen.
>
>
>
> On 2018-08-12 20:17, Beddingfield, Allen via Ale wrote:
> > I can hit f2 to get into setup, to verify some output is going to the
> > broken LCD.  FN-F4 is supposed to switch to the external video, but it
> > does nothing here..  I've hit FN-F4, F4, ALT-F4, CTRL-F4, and no output
> > to VGA.
> >
> > This is a Toshiba Satellite L875-S7208, BTW.
> >
> >
> > On 8/12/18 10:12 PM, Alex Carver via Ale wrote:
> >> You should be able to switch the video at boot before the OS.  I've had
> >> three laptops that all showed boot screens on external monitors.
> >> Usually it takes flipping the output using the Fn key and one of the
> >> upper row function keys during that period to make it switch.
> >>
> >> The signals on the cable to the LCD panel are not usually one of the
> >> common formats.  It's typically something only the LCD driver itself
> >> will understand so finding an adapter is not likely.
> >>
> >> On 2018-08-12 19:45, Beddingfield, Allen via Ale wrote:
> >>> One of my co-workers gave me a laptop that his wife dropped and broke
> >>> the display, and the entire assembly off the back (LCD is broken, rear
> >>> cover busted, hinge broken free from it, etc..).  The laptop body
> itself
> >>> is fine.  I got on EBay and discovered that the entire display assembly
> >>> is going to be about $150 to replace - not worth it.  So, I had another
> >>> idea:  Open it up, remove the hinges, unplug the video/camera cable,
> and
> >>> remove the wireless cables.  My plan was to just plug in a monitor to
> >>> the vga output, and use it for a computer, somewhat looking like an 80s
> >>> console without the TV.  I tried that, but got no video output.  So..
> I
> >>> plugged in the broken video cable, and attached it to the broken LCD
> >>> panel.  I was able to see enough of the output to see that the PC is
> >>> booting up.  It looks like the switch to the external output is done in
> >>> software AFTER Windows comes up.  So much for my idea of a small Linux
> >>> machine.
> >>> I'm wondering now if there is some sort of an adapter in existence that
> >>> I can plug the video cable that goes into the back of the LCD panel to,
> >>> and get VGA, DVI, HDMI, or some sort of useful output to connect a
> >>> monitor to?
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas, anyone?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks.
> >>> Allen B.
> >>>
> >>
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