Sounds like a winner, but it's not doing X. As I said, it does in fact give the same display as the LCD--when not in X. But the second the X server is involved, the CRT goes off. I'd love to know what those function keys are. The BIOS doesn't have anything related to this situation, as far as I can see. Olwe Dave Sherman wrote: >Forgive me if I'm asking a silly question, but isn't the video-output >on a laptop intended to simply give out the same display on the main >screen, and NOT provide dual-head capabilities? This is what my >experience has been, having owned several laptops over the years, >including the one I am using right now. If you really want dual-head >output, don't you need 2 video cards? > >Assuming that I am correct, then the issue isn't really X, but the >hardware or firmware (maybe at the BIOS level?) in your laptop. I know >that on my current laptop, running FC2, all I need to do is plug in >any 1024x768 capable monitor, press a couple of function keys, and I >immediately have my desktop output to the CRT. I can press a couple >more function keys and get output to both the LCD and CRT, but the >display is exactly the same -- NOT dual-head. > >If I am wrong, that's fine. But this has been, and continues to be, my >experience. > >Dave Sherman > >BTW, using gmail and loving it. Thanks to all for their generosity >with the invitations, I was one of the beneficiaries. > >On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:50:32 -0500, Olwe Melwasul <olwe at cpinternet.com> wrote: > > >>I'm still trying to figure out why my laptop won't output X to my CRT. >>LCD screen is just fine, the CRT shows non-X boot/system stuff (so the >>connection is good). Went through some of the KDE GUI display settings, >>but one says I don't have Xfree 4.3 "the latest", so I can't resize. >>Unrelated? The KDE "Display" (system-config-display) UI lets you >>configure for dual head, but it just won't come through on the CRT. >> >>My CRT is actually a NEC MultiSync 97F, but it wasn't offered. I also >>switched Xinerama to "off" and Clone to "on" and it still didn't work. >> >>Here's my "xorg.conf" file: >>----------- >># Xorg configuration created by system-config-display >> >>Section "ServerLayout" >> Identifier "Multihead layout" >> Screen 0 "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1" >> Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0 >> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" >> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" >> Option "Xinerama" "on" >> Option "Clone" "off" >>EndSection >> >>Section "Files" >> >># RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name >>of the >># file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally >># no need to change the default. >># Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) >># By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of >># the X server to render fonts. >> RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" >> FontPath "unix/:7100" >>EndSection >> >>Section "Module" >> Load "dbe" >> Load "extmod" >> Load "fbdevhw" >> Load "glx" >> Load "record" >> Load "freetype" >> Load "type1" >> Load "dri" >>EndSection >> >>Section "ServerFlags" >> Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "yes" >>EndSection >> >>Section "InputDevice" >> >># Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) >># Option "Xleds" "1 2 3" >># To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. >># Option "XkbDisable" >># To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the >># lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. >># keyboard, you will probably want to use: >># Option "XkbModel" "pc102" >># If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use: >># Option "XkbModel" "microsoft" >># >># Then to change the language, change the Layout setting. >># For example, a german layout can be obtained with: >># Option "XkbLayout" "de" >># or: >># Option "XkbLayout" "de" >># Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" >># >># If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and >># control keys, use: >># Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" >># Or if you just want both to be control, use: >># Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps" >># >> Identifier "Keyboard0" >> Driver "keyboard" >> Option "XkbModel" "pc105" >> Option "XkbLayout" "us" >>EndSection >> >>Section "InputDevice" >> Identifier "Mouse0" >> Driver "mouse" >> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" >> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" >> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" >> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" >>EndSection >> >>Section "Monitor" >> Identifier "Monitor0" >> VendorName "Monitor Vendor" >> ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x1024" >> HorizSync 31.5 - 67.0 >> VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0 >> Option "dpms" >>EndSection >> >>Section "Monitor" >> Identifier "Monitor1" >> VendorName "Monitor Vendor" >> ModelName "NEC MultiSync 95F" >> HorizSync 31.0 - 96.0 >> VertRefresh 55.0 - 160.0 >> Option "dpms" >>EndSection >> >>Section "Device" >> Identifier "Videocard0" >> Driver "radeon" >> VendorName "Videocard vendor" >> BoardName "ATI Radeon Mobility U1" >> BusID "PCI:1:5:0" >>EndSection >> >>Section "Device" >> Identifier "Videocard1" >> Driver "radeon" >> VendorName "Videocard Vendor" >> BoardName "ATI Radeon Mobility U1" >> BusID "PCI:1:5:0" >> Screen 1 >>EndSection >> >>Section "Screen" >> Identifier "Screen0" >> Device "Videocard0" >> Monitor "Monitor0" >> DefaultDepth 24 >> SubSection "Display" >> Viewport 0 0 >> Depth 24 >> Modes "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" >> EndSubSection >>EndSection >> >>Section "Screen" >> Identifier "Screen1" >> Device "Videocard1" >> Monitor "Monitor1" >> DefaultDepth 24 >> SubSection "Display" >> Viewport 0 0 >> Depth 24 >> Modes "1152x864" "1280x960" "1600x1200" >> EndSubSection >>EndSection >> >>Section "DRI" >> Group 0 >> Mode 0666 >>EndSection >> >>_______________________________________________ >>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org >>Got pictures for TCLUG? 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