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Thread: Question regarding laptop's screen.

  1. #1
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    Question regarding laptop's screen.

    is there any way to make laptop's screen functional by other computer? I.E ; connecting another desktop to your laptop through the vga port, and watching it's output on the laptop lcd screen?

    this question is regarding all type of OS, if anyone know anything about it, please let me now (as i havnt tried it yet.)

  2. #2
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    Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus

    Re: Question regarding laptop's screen.

    No, VGA ports on computers are output only. They are not designed to be bi-directional (input/output). The closest you would get to using another laptop's screen to view/use a separate computer's desktop would be to remote into that computer from the laptop (RDP, VNC, XDMCP, etc.).

    Cheers!

  3. #3
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    Re: Question regarding laptop's screen.

    Thanks, that's exactly what i was suspecting.
    and I do use RDP to connect to other pc, though it's forcing me to use it over network interface that i tried to find a way to bypass :]

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