Re: new ibook?
Sven LUTHER wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 06:09:50PM -0400, John Hughes wrote:
> > On Wednesday 27 June 2001 02:29, Peter Meilstrup wrote:
> > > Video -- it's a Rage Mobility 128 chip; I assume this is supported in
> > > the latest Xfree86? Is there the ability to switch from the internal
> > > display to the external (RGB/composite) connectors?
> >
> > Worked with 4.0....but I compiled 4.1 without a hitch. With 4.1 the ati128
> > is supported AND accelerated plus support for DRI.
>
> So you tried it connecting an external monitor ?
>
> As MacOs only support mirroring, but the chip seems to be the same rage 128
> mobility as the one in the TiBook, it should be able to output a second head
> also (altough it has only 8MB, right ?).
>
> So did you try it in Xinerama mode ? Or simply with two screens in the X
> layout section ?
The r128 driver can't drive both heads independently yet. But as of 4.1.0, you
can choose between Panel or CRT only (which should allow to drive an external
monitor at high resolutions, unless Apple somehow crippled the hardware) or
mirroring.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
CS student, Free Software enthusiast \ XFree86 and DRI project member
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