<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Yesterday, someone posted a question asking how to force his laptop to use external video because the screen is broken. I found something in an article this morning that I think will do the trick.<br><br> xrandr --output VGA<br><br>It might be necessary to disable internal video first:<br><br> xrandr --output LVDS -off<br><br><br>If you need to specify the resolution, try these:<br><br> xrandr --output VGA -s 1024x768<br><br>or<br><br> xrandr --output VGA --mode 1924x768<br><br></div></body></html>