Re: external VGA on iBook G4 with etch

["Bin Zhang" <yangtze31@gmail.com>]

On 6/18/06, Alexander Schmehl <tolimar@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> * Bin Zhang <yangtze31@gmail.com> [060618 19:56]:
> > [ problems with an iBook G4 12" and external VGA with xorg 7.0 ]
> > Have you installed xserver-xorg-video-ati ?
> > (for using the driver radeon)
>
> Yes, I have.
>
>
> > >working again?  Any hints?  Anyone has his external VAG port working
> > >on an iBook G4 with xorg 7.0?
> > Yes. It works for me. (ibook g4 1.2ghz 12" and debian unstable).
>
> Did you need to do anything special, or did it just work?
>
> Interesting part of my /etc/X11/xorg.conf would be:
> ====
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier      "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV250 5c63 [Radeon Mobility 9200 M9+]"
>         Driver          "radeon"
>         BusID           "PCI:0:16:0"
>         VideoRam        65536
>         Option          "UseFBDev"              "true"
>         Option          "OverlayOnCRTC2"        "true"
>         Option          "MergedFB"              "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier      "COLOR LCD"
>         Option          "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier      "Default Screen"
>         Device          "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV250 5c63 [Radeon Mobility 9200 M9+]"
>         Monitor         "COLOR LCD"
>         DefaultDepth    24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           24
>                 Modes           "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
> ====

From my config :
----------------------------------
Section "Device"
       Identifier      "ATI Technologies, Inc. M9+ 5C63 [Radeon
Mobility 9200 (AGP)]"
       Driver  "radeon"
       BusID   "PCI:0:16:0"
       Option  "AGPMode"               "4"
       Option  "BackingStore"          "true"
       Option  "EnablePageFlip"        "true"
       Option  "AGPFastWrite"          "true"
       Option  "RenderAccel"           "true"
       #Option "AccelMethod"           "EXA"

       # Valeur par défaut :
       #Option "UseFBDev"      "false"
       #Option "MergedFB"      "true"

       # Pour que, quand le deuxième moniteur LCD est utilisé, la résolution
       # soit de 1280x1024
       Option  "MetaModes"     "1024x768+1280x1024"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
       Identifier      "iBook LCD"
       Option          "DPMS"
       #HorizSync      28-51
       #VertRefresh    43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
       Identifier      "Default Screen"
       Device          "ATI Technologies, Inc. M9+ 5C63 [Radeon
Mobility 9200 (AGP)]"
       Monitor         "iBook LCD"
       DefaultDepth    24
       SubSection "Display"
               Depth   24
               # 1280x1024 est pour un moniteur LCD externe
               Modes   "1280x1024" "1024x768"
       EndSubSection
EndSection
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Best regards,
Bin



> Yours sincerely,
>   Alexander
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