On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 10:16:05AM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 10:49:04AM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 10:45 +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > > > > I would be glad if I'd get this far with my Powerbook5,6 15" > > > ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10] > > > It works with X.org provided you use an analog (VGA) output. > > This morning I had a partial success! > The problem seems to have been a bad CVS build of xorg > (either I pulled the CVS at a bad time or my build had problems). > > With the new build from friday it actually worked almost directly, > I had to tune the timings and resolutions a bit. > Below the relevant lines from my xorg.conf. # works on a PowerBook 5,6 (Post Feb 2005 15") # with Iyama external flat panel monitor 1280x1024 # with xorg CVS HEAD build from 20050429 # there are rendering problems, though. > My build still has rendering problems in the details (mostly fonts), > but this might be another issue with the current CVS or > some active acceleration. > Section "Device" > Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]" > # Driver "ati" > Driver "radeon" > BusID "PCI:0:16:0" > # Option "UseFBDev" "true" > #Option "MetaModes" "1280x854-1024x768" > Option "MetaModes" "1280x854-1280x1024" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Standardbildschirm" > #HorizSync 28-50 > #VertRefresh 43-75 > HorizSync 24-80 > VertRefresh 50-75 > Option "DPMS" > EndSection For the record: I picked those HSync and VRefresh from the /var/log/Xorg.0.log output and the output for the CRT2. This will be different for each monitor of course. > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]" > Monitor "Standardbildschirm" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x854" "1280x1024" "1024x768" > Virtual 1280 1024 > #Virtual 1024 768 > EndSubSection > EndSection Note: This setup is not canonical in that I do not know which of the settings is actually necessary to make it work and which could be left out. This is just one I found that worked in getting me a good resolution on the laptop and the external monitor. (Now I have to tackle my rendering problems...) Bernhard
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