Re: Go5200 and external VGA status?
On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 06:04:25PM +0100, Djoume SALVETTI wrote:
> Le dimanche 11/28/04 Guido Guenther <agx@debian.org> a écrit :
> > > System: PowerBook 1.33GHz G4 12" nVIDIA Go5200 64MB
> > >
> > > From the list archives, I gather VGA out (with the DVI port + adapter)
> > > for this system is not supported under Linux.
> > >
> > > This is currently the only roadblock for me running Debian on this
> > > machine for regular use. After some initial enthusiasm over everything
> > > I needed working under Linux, I am currently back to OS X.
> > Plug in the adapter cable on boot (or when resuming from disk), no need
> > to have the screen connected yet. Later after you attached the external
> > display use:
> > Option "CrtcNumber" "0"
> > Option "FlatPanel" "0"
> > in your X configs device section. Works fine on NV17 and NV32 with X.org
> > 6.8.0 but should also work with recent XFree86. You then have the
> > console's on the pbooks LCD and X on the external screen. Not perfect,
> > but...
>
> Very nice! :-)
>
> It works with Debian unstable xfree86.
>
> Is it only a problem of sync frequencies with the LCD? When X is running
> on the external monitor the LCD seems to display the same picture but
> only with a bad frequency. Is there any XF86Config options I can tweak?
You mean the internal LCD? Nope, we don't know how to fix that. We'd
need to know how the internal and externl connectors are "wired"
together for that. nVidia unfortunately forgot to tell us that ;)
-- Guido
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