[ale] Laptop without LCD panel (running Linux)

[Boris Borisov]

If you keep lid closed would it default to external monitor? I have broken
Toshiba although PIII old that does exactly that.

On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 11:50 PM Greg Clifton via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> 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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