On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 20:49 +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> There are two good sites with linux laptop info, with laptops listed
> by model, and links to user sites which describe user experiences.
>
> http://www.linux-laptop.net/ and
> http://tuxmobil.org/mylaptops.html
These are good, up to a point. I have had the joy of trying to get a
Dell 640m laptop (with an internal 1440x900 display) to use an external
1680x1050 display. I have not got it working, but I have not given up :)
To fend off the flurry of responses, I provide the following
information.
* The Dell 640m laptop is installed with Ubuntu 6.10.
* It has a Intel 945GM graphics chip.
* The internal monitor works perfectly.
* X can drive the external monitor at 1024x768.
* The external monitor refuses to be driven at 1440x900, which is
the resolution of the internal monitor.
* I have not been able to convince X to produce 1680x1050 output.
* From memory, I am using the i820 X driver on the laptop. I tried
the "intel" driver, but all I get is a black screen. (GDM starts
without error, but nothing is displayed.)
I am going to play around with the multi-head options in the X11
configuration, to see if that will help things. Suggestions will be much
appreciated.
--
Michael JasonSmith http://ldots.org/
