solved: Re: i855crt gives very "washed-out", bright colours on external crt

[Jens Nachtigall <nachtigall@web.de>]

thanks a lot, Zsolt. This solution works great and is perfect for me.


> I also had problems with the keys and with i855crt too. It never worked
> satisfactorily for me.
>
> So I chose a completely different solution. Added the next two lines to
> xorg.conf (it has worked XFree86 too):
>
> Option          "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP"
> Option          "Clone"         "true"
>
> So now my device section looks like this:
>
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier      "Generic Video Card"
>         Driver          "i810"
>         VideoRam        65536
>         #VideoRam       98304
>         Option          "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP"
>         Option          "Clone"         "true"
> EndSection
>
> With this your CRT output is always enabled with the same resolution as
> your LCD display.
>
> Not a perfect solution but it is good enough for me.