Re: How to turn off internal monitor when using external one
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Gerardo Ballabio wrote:
| On 02/17/05 19:35:17, Jason Martens wrote:
|
|> If you are using a radeon driver, do a man radeon and look for
|> "Panel Off". I added that line to my XFree86 config file, and it
|> worked beautifully.
|
|
| Thank you very much. It works while I'm in the GDM login windows
| (that is an improvement from the previous situation), but as soon
| as I log into Gnome, the backlight turns on again. I suppose you
| aren't using Gnome? Or maybe there's a Gnome config option for
| that as well?
|
Hmm, I am using gnome, and I have not observed that behaviour. My
screen stays off even after I log in. I have a Mobility Radeon 7500
in a Dell Latitiude C640. I'm pasting my X config below.
Jason
*********** Begin XF86Config-4 ********************
Section "Files"
~ FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
~ # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
~ FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
~ FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
~ FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
~ FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
~ FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
~ FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
~ FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
~ FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
~ FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection
Section "Module"
~ Load "GLcore"
~ Load "bitmap"
~ Load "dbe"
~ Load "ddc"
~ Load "dri"
~ Load "extmod"
~ Load "freetype"
~ Load "glx"
~ Load "int10"
~ Load "record"
~ Load "speedo"
~ Load "type1"
~ Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
~ Option "BlankTime" "10"
~ Option "StandbyTime" "20"
~ Option "SuspendTime" "30"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
~ Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
~ Driver "keyboard"
~ Option "CoreKeyboard"
~ Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
~ Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
~ Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
~ Identifier "Configured Mouse"
~ Driver "mouse"
~ Option "CorePointer"
~ Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
~ Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
~ Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
~ Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
~ Identifier "Generic Mouse"
~ Driver "mouse"
~ Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
~ Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
~ Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
~ Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
~ Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Device"
~ Identifier "Generic Video Card"
~ Driver "radeon"
~ Option "AGPMode" "4"
# Option "AGPFastWrite "true"
~ Option "DDCMode" "true"
~ Option "MonitorLayout" "LCD, VGA"
~ Option "CloneMode" "1600x1200"
~ Option "CloneHSync" "30-107"
~ Option "CloneVRefresh" "40-160"
~ Option "EnablePageFlip" "true"
~ Option "PanelOff" "true"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
~ Identifier "Generic Monitor"
~ #HorizSync 30-60
~ HorizSync 30-107
~ #VertRefresh 50-75
~ VertRefresh 50-160
~ Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
~ Identifier "Default Screen"
~ Device "Generic Video Card"
~ Monitor "Generic Monitor"
~ DefaultDepth 24
~ SubSection "Display"
~ Depth 1
~ Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1024x768" "800x600"
"640x480"
~ EndSubSection
~ SubSection "Display"
~ Depth 4
~ Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1024x768" "800x600"
"640x480"
~ EndSubSection
~ SubSection "Display"
~ Depth 8
~ Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1024x768" "800x600"
"640x480"
~ EndSubSection
~ SubSection "Display"
~ Depth 15
~ Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1024x768" "800x600"
"640x480"
~ EndSubSection
~ SubSection "Display"
~ Depth 16
~ Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1024x768" "800x600"
"640x480"
~ EndSubSection
~ SubSection "Display"
~ Depth 24
~ Modes "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1024x768" "800x600"
"640x480"
~ EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
~ Identifier "Default Layout"
~ Screen "Default Screen"
~ InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
~ InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
~ InputDevice "Generic Mouse"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
~ Mode 0666
EndSection
****************** End XF86Config-4 *********************
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