On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 02:16:30PM -0400, Scott Henson wrote: > peter@auger.physik.uni-konstanz.de (Peter Henseler) writes: > > I just tried to get an external monitor running on my Alu Powerbook 15" (kernel > > version 2.6.7) with an ATI Radeon 9600 graphics card. Therefore I added in the > > XF86Config-4 file extra Device, Screen and Monitor sections and the xinerama > > option to the ServerLayout section. The screen of my Powerbook gets initialized > > properly. But on the second screen I just get the PROM init on a white > > background. Does anyone know a solution? > > The best way to get this to work is to shutdown your powerbook and > completely hookup the monitor. Then press the power button and > immediately close the lid. Then you should see the monitor come up > with what you would normally see on the panel. At this time open up > the lid and use your power book as normal, your external monitor > should continue to work. As for this working as it does on other > laptops and being able to just plug the monitor and it work, there > needs to be some driver work or something about an open firmware > emulator and there is no timetable for when that will be available(if ever?). Thank you very much for your prompt reply, Scott! With your hint I get the signal on the external monitor. But either I get the resolution of the powerbook screen (1280x854), or I get a resolution of (1280x1024) on the second screen, but with a black stripe at the bottom of the screen. Do you know how I can get the correct resolution on the external screen? The screen of my powerbook just shows the PROM_init. So the situation is reversed to the prior situation (except for the resolution problem). This is already a good starting point, when I want to connect a beamer to my powerbook. But is there a way to use both screens in parallel (with the xinerama option or something alike)? -- Peter
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