This is not really on topic for this list. you should ask on the xorg ML. You may need to use the monitorlayout option to force both outputs on, sometimes the driver is not able to properly detect all attached devices. See the radeon man page for more. e.g., add this line to your device section:
Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS, CRT" Alex On 5/9/05, Richard Stellingwerff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > In a few days from now I will have to give a presentation to some > people. I was wondering if I could get my laptop to display the screen > on both the LCD and an external monitor. Unable to find anything on > google, I was hoping to get some help here. > > Bascially I want to be able to plug an external display to my laptop > and then 'clone' the image on the LCD onto the external display. Some > pointers would be very appreciated. > > My findings so far: > When I make sure the external display is already plugged in when > starting X, the external display becomes the main screen and the LCD > screen stays black. This is probably a bug? Not the behaviour I would > expect, anyway. > > Hardware used: > Ati Mobility M9+ (9200) using driver 'radeon'. > > Software used: > X Window System Version 6.8.2 (Ubuntu 6.8.2-10 20050405154308 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > Kind regards, > Richard Stellingwerff. > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ids93&alloc_id281&op=click -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
