You could try using mergedfb, I'm surprised with the latest drivers it
doesn't pick up the vga output and enable mergedfb automatically..
Dave.
On Mon, 21 May 2007, Scott Waller wrote:
Hi
I have recently upgraded from a windoze/Redhat world to a
windoze/Ubuntu. So far things have been OK.
There is one issue that I have, and that is my VGA output on my Dell
Inspiron 5100 won't work. I had to add stuff into my /etc/X11/xorg.conf
file to get different resolutions working.
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Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW
[Radeon Mobility 7500]"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW
[Radeon Mobility 7500]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1400x1050""1152x864""1024x768""800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1400x1050""1152x864""1024x768""800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1400x1050""1152x864""1024x768""800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1400x1050""1152x864""1024x768""800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1400x1050""1152x864""1024x768""800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1400x1050""1152x864""1024x768""800x600"
EndSubSection
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It would be useful to get this working as I sometimes do presentations
and would prefer not booting back into windoze.
Is there also a way of having a different resolution on the output than
what is on my main screen?
Thanks in advance
Scott Waller
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