Re: selecting Xv output in clone screen configuration?
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 06:17:55PM +0100, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 06:11:29PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 17:52 +0100, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
> > >
> > > after upgrading to the latest unstable ati driver my Dell Inspiron 9300
> > > (R300 chipset) now clones the LCD panel on the external DVI port. This
> > > is good, as I hooked it to a large screen with the same 1920x1200
> > > resolution.
> > >
> > > But now the problem is that any video using Xv only displays on the
> > > laptop panel, not on the external screen.
> > >
> > > How can I have the Xv output transferred on the external port?
> >
> > By changing the XVideo adaptor attribute XV_CRTC. Alternatively, you
> > could change the configuration such that the two monitors don't show the
> > same part of the screen, and the driver will automagically switch the
> > overlay to where the larger part of its window is visible.
>
> Hello Michel and thanks for your fast reply,
>
> I searched through /usr/share/doc/xserver-* for some documentation on
> how to do that without success. Could you suggest some URL or package
> where I can find docs and/or examples configs?
>
> Would you use xvattr to change the XV_CRTC attribute? What argument
> would you pass it to effect the change?
Ok, I found that: "xvattr -a XV_CRTC -v 1" But now how to make it
permanent in the xorg.conf?
Thanks,
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