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Re: External Monitor from PowerBook5,6 not working



Hi John,

first thanks for your suggestions.

On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 10:52:14PM +0930, John Steele Scott wrote:
> Bernhard Reiter <bernhard@intevation.de> writes:
> > More experiments getting any external monitor to work
> > on a post-February 2005 PowerBook5,6 15".
> > My goal is clone mode so I can use a beamer.
> >
> > I am using 2.6.12-rc3 now 
> > (I can confirm that sounds works)
> > Using the DVI-to-VGA adaptor I connect a 17"flat panel.
> 
> Have you tried creating a modeline for your monitor? 


Yes, I tried a few things. 
Not being an expert I have no systematic approach about what to try next.


> That is what fixed it for
> me, although I didn't have the IO errors like you are getting.
> 
> From this part of your Xorg log:
> (II) RADEON(0): clock: 108.0 MHz   Image Size:  338 x 270 mm
> (II) RADEON(0): h_active: 1280  h_sync: 1328  h_sync_end 1440 h_blank_end 1688 h_border: 0
> (II) RADEON(0): v_active: 1024  v_sync: 1025  v_sync_end 1028 v_blanking: 1066v_border: 0
> 
> I would try and have a section like this in my xorg.conf

I tried it, but it did not help. 
Here is the log:
http://intevation.de/Intevation/~bernhard/ppc/powerbook5,6/Xorg.log-mergefb-20050426


> 
> Section "Monitor"
> 	Identifier	"Standardbildschirm"
> 	ModeLine	"1280x1024" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066
> EndSection
> 
> 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"
> 	EndSubSection
> EndSection

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