laptop external video

[max]

Tim wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 16:43 -0600, Chris Kottaridis wrote:
>> When he had Windows on it you could toggle <ctrl>F8 to get it to show
>> on the internal screen only, both the internal screen and the external
>> screen and just the external screen. 
> 
> Are you doing the right keys?  It's usually "Fn" and "F8" for that sort
> of thing.
> 
  You could also try booting the laptop with the external monitor 
connected but "Fn" + "F8" already suggested by OP should do it.

Max