<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/9/9 Kevin Martin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ktmdms@gmail.com" target="_blank">ktmdms@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 09/09/13 13:31, Richard Vickery wrote:<br>
> Hi gang:<br>
><br>
> I'm on F20. The only way I get a screen that anyone can see is not by<br>
> using the portable computer's screen, but plugging it into another<br>
> screen. I tried going into the "Power" control but it's already on<br>
> maximum brightness. Any Ideas on how else I might try to fix it?<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
><br>
> Richard<br>
><br>
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</div>Y'know, I just had this problem with an HP laptop and had to replace the screen. I could *barely* see that the screen had something<br>
on it if I shined a flashlight on it at different angles. It turned out to be a bad screen. FWIW, this was with Knoppix but the<br>
screen was definitely bad. Screens on laptops are fairly easy to replace, FWIW. Lots of videos on how to do it and the screens<br>
tend to be < $100.<br>
<br>
Otherwise, I couldn't tell you what might be happening.<br>
<br>
Good luck.<br>
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Kevin</font></span><br></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">another idea: could it be you have an (intel) adapter that 'thinks' you have two displays, and instead you only have one? i mean, the background is black both on portable's display and on external display?<br>
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