On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 06:19:33PM -0400, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > I haven't been able to use an external monitor/beamer with this laptop > > and xorg. Is it possible now (I have not tried it for a while). > > The "nv" driver doesn't support dual head. I think it's possible however > to coerce it into using the external output instead of the internal flat > panel but I don't know the details. Others on the list might. I can successfully use the external vga out, however the laptop LCD is not usable meanwhile. Note that you have to boot with the external vga adaptor plugged in. -8<------------8<------ Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Monitor Model" HorizSync 28-49 VertRefresh 43-72 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor1" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Monitor Model" HorizSync 28-49 VertRefresh 43-72 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" BusID "PCI:0:16:0" Driver "nv" Option "CrtcNumber" "1" # 0 is external crt Option "FlatPanel" "1" # 0 is external crt #Option "UseFBDev" "true" #Option "fbdev" "/dev/fb0" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Card1" BusID "PCI:0:16:0" Driver "nv" Option "CrtcNumber" "0" # 0 is external crt Option "FlatPanel" "0" # 0 is external crt EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen1" Device "Card1" Monitor "Monitor1" DefaultDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "800x600" "640x480" # Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "XFree86 Configured" #Screen 1 "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0" # only one of each at a time. # lcd screen Screen 0 "Screen0" # vga out #Screen 1 "Screen1" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Mouse1" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection -8<------------8<------ filippo -- Filippo Giunchedi - http://esaurito.net PGP key: 0x6B79D401 random quote follows: I always keep the Titanic in mind when I talk about security or safety, meaning that nothing is fully secure. -- Anonymous (?)
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