[00:29] <olly> so my old laptop with a bust display runs quantal and is connected to the TV with an s-video cable, to be a PVR
[00:29] <olly> which mostly works fine, but sometimes it fails to show a picture
[00:29] <olly> which is hard to fix without a display
[00:30] <olly> ssh in and poking with xrandr makes the tv picture respond slightly - a few white dots appear briefly
[00:30] <olly> any bright ideas?
[00:30] <olly> (it's the backlight which is bust on the laptop)
[00:31] <olly> i'd really love a way to lock the current screen setup, or put it on a hot key
[00:32] <olly> be great for conferences too - hook laptop to screen in an earlier break, and just connect cables before the talk
[19:19] <ibeardslee> morning
[20:20] <hads> morning
[20:23] <mwhudson> morning
[20:33] <ajmitch> morning
[20:55] <thumper> morning
[23:56] <G> morning
[23:56] <G> always a bad sign: sudden power cut, followed by the rural fire siren ~5km away going off, on a fine day