[j1paque]

Hi all,

I have an old HP Laptop (DV6000). Was using XBMC in Vista, VGA output and 2CH sound via headphone out, ya i know, not awesome, but it works for the kids room. I have Acer Revos in my other rooms over HDMI which i converted to run XBMCUbuntu only, bye bye Windows, and they work well. But i did the same on the Laptop and i get nothing out of the VGA port once in XBMC. I do see the bootup screen on my TV but once in XBMC, VGA output gets lost and i only see the image on the laptop screen.

Hardware key to change monitor does nothing.

Second problem is sound. How would i know what the custom device is for headphone out?


Thanks.

[artrafael]

Perhaps your TV doesn't support the resolution in-use by your laptop? Check your TV's user manual to see which VGA resolutions and refresh rates are supported. On your laptop, switch over to the XBMCbuntu desktop and select: Start menu > Preferences > Monitor Settings. Try selecting "Auto" for both Resolution and Refresh Rate and click Apply. If Auto doesn't work, try again with a Resolution/Refresh Rate that is compatible with both your TV and laptop.

[vbat99]

Simply put, you need the laptop to select RGB port as output and turn off the Laptop LCD.

See this thread. I do this all the time and no probs. Bonus is that if you disconnect the RGB cable, and reboot, Laptop then switches back to LCD. And visa-versa.

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...#pid791371