Re: external Display and FBDev
On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 09:34 +0200, Francesco Ciocchetti wrote:
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>
> >>...
> >>
> >>
> >
> >The config file options for clone changed a bit. You need to specify
> >CRT2Position "Clone" and MergedFB "true" in your device section. Have a
> >look at the radeon.man man page in the source of the ATI driver in the
> >X.org source tree (in xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/drivers/ati)
> >
> >Ben.
> >
> >
> So that's really great ... following this thread i've been finally able
> to have a working and clear Cloned Screen on External VGA :):):)
>
> The only problem i'm experiencing now is that it seems that the same
> Resolution is used on both the Monitors (12'' Ibook LCD and external
> 17'' LCD) so that if i use 1280x1024 on the external one i have a
> Virtual Screen on the iBook 12".
Well, if you want clone, it can't be anything different :) What do you
expect ? If you want dual head, you use Xinerama (or MergedFB, but
MergedFB will want edges with the same resolution as well).
> I've tried with :
>
>
> Identifier "Card0"
> Driver "radeon"
> VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
> BoardName "Radeon 9200 Mobility"
> BusID "PCI:0:16:0"
> Option "UseFBDev" "false"
> #Option "NoAccel" "true"
> Option "AGPMode" "4"
> Option "EnablePageFlip" "On"
> #ChipID 0x514d
> Option "CRT2Position" "Clone"
> Option "MergedFB" "true"
> Option "RenderAccel" "On"
> Option "MetaModes" "1024x768-1280x1024 1280x1024 1024x768"
> Option "CRT2HSync" "30.0-82.0"
> Option "CRT2VRefresh" "56.0-76.0"
>
> Using MetModes should give me 2 different resolution for the 2 monitors
> isn'it? and , based on Man, i should be able to change resolution with
> CTRL+ALT+{-/+} ... but it does not work.
>
> BTW , i am satisfied at all just right now :)
> So thanks to Ben and all the others keeping on work ;)
>
> Bye
> Primeroz
>
>
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Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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