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.
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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
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