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Re: External video on a Powerbook G4.



On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 02:35:52PM +0100, Filippo Giunchedi wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 02:40:11PM +0100, Guido Guenther wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 07:34:01PM -0500, Matthew Gracie wrote:
> > > Does anyone know if it's possible to get external video from a 12"
> > > Powerbook G4/867 with an nVidia Geforce-to-go chipset? I don't need
> > > multihead, but I need to be able to do mirroring.
> > For mirroring I use this xorg.conf:
> > 
> > Section "Device"
> >         Identifier      "NVIDIA Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 440 Go 64M]"
> >         Driver          "nv"
> >         Option          "CrtcNumber"            "0"
> >         Option          "FlatPanel"             "0"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > I then suspend to disk, attach the cable and resume. No need for a
> > full reboot.
> 
> with the above configuration you are able to mirror screens? that is, having
> both functional? Last time I tried only the external output worked, with the LCD
> showing garbage. (I have a GeForce FX Go5200 on a PB 6,2 though)
Nope, only the external screen is working then. Fixing this up shouldn't
is on my todo list since ages.
 -- Guido

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