On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:15:50 +0000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 15:31 +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: >> On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 14:51 +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: >> > >> > I'm trying to use the dvi output (without vga adaptor) on my mac. It >> > works well if (on the same screen) I use the vga adaptor, but when I use >> > a dvi cable (working on osx), it suddenly doesn't work anymore. Well, >> > Xorg detects it, and adjust the pseudo xinerama mode, but nothing is >> > displayed on it (as if the macintosh detected the screen but the screen >> > didn't detect the mac). >> > >> > Is anyone had made working the dvi output without vga adaptor ? >> >> The X.Org radeon driver doesn't support two digital displays at the same >> time yet, see https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3621 . > > There are ticks to make it work though. Jeremy Kerr collected some tips > at > > http://ozlabs.org/~jk/docs/mergefb/ > > The basic idea is to use a modified radeontool to whack the registers > that X isn't configuring properly.
while we are at it, would it be possible to automagically detect 'hey it is monitory XY attached so I am switching to the right resolution' like osx does ? rationale, I regularly switch between two configurations, single laptop internal display + laptop with external display and am now getting annoyed by always having to xrandr -s 0 / xrandr -s1 ... Soeren -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
