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Re: External Monitor from PowerBook5,6 not working



On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 06:02:05PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 05:30:02PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> 
> > So now I have a fresh CVS build of xorg.
> > 
> > I still cannot get a pictures without using "UseFBDev".

This seems the first thing that should work I guess,
pictures without UseFBDev. Am I right?
Whom I could offer my help as tester?

> > There is also a 
> > (WW) ****INVALID IO ALLOCATION**** b: 0xf0000400 e: 0xf00004ff correcting
> > (EE) end of block range 0xefffffff < begin 0xf0000000
> > 
> > During various experiments I could see some output to the external monitor.
> > When plugging it in while booting I get some traces from radeonfb,
> > probably disorted because of the different sizes (laptop panel
> > 1280x854, external 1280x1024.).
> 
> Strangely enough, if I try a dual head setup and UseFBDev on the external
> monitor I managed with one setting to get a display on both, though
> the background of the external monitor is not correct. The mouse
> can float over though. Trying to display a menu or window on the
> external monitor has effects on the first monitor, so this is not
> getting much closer.
> 
> Hints badly wanted.

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