Re: External Monitor from PowerBook5,6 not working
On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 12:04 +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> 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".
Hrm... UseFBDev does not work with dual head. If you are using X.org CVS
HEAD, it should work with VGA out (but not DVI yet).
> 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
That's usual X PCI bullshit. With some luck, it's not too harmful ...
> > > 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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Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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