On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 3:08 AM, kewlemer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/17/08, Alex Deucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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? > Sorry for being unclear. "Mild flicker" would be a better term I > think. I can't really capture this behaviour in a screen shot- > http://picasaweb.google.com/kewlemer/XorgRadeonLaptopDockingStationExtMonitorProblem/photo#5213108338724671234 > > Its more pronounced on the right side of the screen beyond certian > boundary (x- co ordinate). Since its very mild, I actually can live > with it. > > I'm not sure what is a native mode. But I *am* runnig the monior at > its normal resolution - 1680x1050.
What xserver are you running? Also, if you have multiple modes listed in xrandr for 1680x1050, you might try some of the alternates (xrandr --verbose). A lot of LCD monitors are pretty finicky about the modes they like. Alex _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati
