On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 2:58 AM, kewlemer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > My set up is basically a laptop connected to an external monitor >> > > through a docking station (Fedora 9 + AMD64). >> > > >> > > Laptop has a Radeon Mobility 7500 card (screen resolution 1280x800) >> > > and the external monitor is Samsung SyncMaster 225BW with 1680x1050 >> > > resolution. >> > > >> > > The problem is that when I keep the laptop docked and access it >> > > through the external monitor, I get a display like this - >> > > >> http://picasaweb.google.com/kewlemer/XorgRadeonLaptopDockingStationExtMonitorProblem/photo#5212182196419140690 >> > >> > >> > Since there are two screens of dis-similar size in clone mode, gnome >> > is picking the screen on crtc 0 as the default which is internal >> > panel. >> > >> >> Thanks very much for the note. Is there any other way around this >> apart from disabling LVDS? Option "IgnoreLidStatus" "False" doesn't >> seem to work on my hardware - actually this option disappears from >> xorg.conf, each time I restart X. > Quick update after trying again- Option "IgnoreLidStatus" "False" > works like a charm.Thanks a ton! I'm not sure why it wasn't > persistent fist time though though I had surely saved xorg.conf. > > One other question- though the screen looks fine mostly, if I look at > it closely, its a bit grainy. Do you think I can change something in > my xorg to make this fine grainy screen go away ?
What do you mean by grainy? Can you take a picture of it? Are you running the display at it's native mode? Alex _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati
