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Re: External Monitor from PowerBook5,6



Michael Hunt <michael.hunt@oddsocks.net> writes:
> iBook G4 ??? 12 inch perhaps ???
>
> I'm currently struggling to get this working on Ubuntu Hoary. Any chance
> you could post me a copy of your xorg.conf file ????

The relevant sections are reproduced below. My setup is slightly unusual,
because my external monitor runs at a very high resolution. It satisfies the
following constraints:

 * If I start X without external monitor, I get 1024x768 on the laptop panel.

 * If I start X with my monitor connected, I get a desktop which is
   1920x1200. The entire desktop is visible on the external display, while the
   laptop panel is a 1024x768 viewport into the desktop, which I can scroll
   with the mouse (usually I just turn the panel backlight off, and look at
   the big screen).
 
The main reason I set it up like this is so that I don't need to change config
files or serverlayouts when I go mobile. If I really want a desktop which is
1024x768, I just unplug the external and restart the X server.

The one bug I have with this setup is that the DPMS causes the laptop panel
backlight to turn on. I have not looked into this, instead I just put a cover
on the screen when I'm trying to sleep. :)

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9200 M9+"
	Driver		"ati"
	BusID		"PCI:0:16:0"
        Option          "AGPMode"       "4"
        Option          "EnablePageFlip" "true"
        Option          "DynamicClocks" "true"
        Option          "NoColorTiling" "true"
        Option          "CRT2Position"  "Clone"
        Option          "MetaModes" "1024x768@65-1920x1200 1024x768@65"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"COLOR LCD"
	Option		"DPMS"
	# Modeline for Apple iBook G4 builtin LCD
	ModeLine	"1024x768@65" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -HSync -VSync
	# Modelines to run BenQ FP231W at high resolutions
        ModeLine        "1920x1200" 160.9 1920 1980 2040 2160 1200 1201 1204 1242
	ModeLine	"1920x1080" 160.9 1920 1980 2040 2160 1080 1081 1084 1234
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9200 M9+"
	Monitor		"COLOR LCD"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		1
		Modes		"1024x768@65" "1920x1200"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		4
		Modes		"1024x768@65" "1920x1200"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		8
		Modes		"1024x768@65" "1920x1200"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		15
		Modes		"1024x768@65" "1920x1200"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1024x768@65" "1920x1200"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		#Virtual         1920 1200
		Modes		"1024x768@65" "1920x1200"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

cheers,

John

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