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Re: External Monitor on an Inspiron 5000



Hello.

On my Dell Latitude LS i have to give the X server parameters in order to
get the external monitor working. Try "extern_disp" or something
similar. further docs are available in /usr/share/doc/xserver-<chipname>,
atleast for the SVGA server.

Joel Kjellgren 

On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Florian Blaser wrote:

> Hi everybody !
> 
> Has anybody ever tried to use an external monitor on an inspiron 5000 ?
> 
> I'm trying it right now and I'm having problems with X. When I'm in text 
> mode, I can see the same thing on both of my screens, but under X (I use a 
> Mach64 Server with an ATI Rage Mobility), I can only see the output on my 
> built-in screen (panel).
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help
> 
> Florian Blaser
> 
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