[ltp] Re: New A20p questions - sound and external monitor
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Well, my problem is this. RH7, TP A20p. I plug an external monitor into
my laptop, leave the lid down, text mode works, X does not work.
I figured I would need a different XF86Config-4 file. But before I go off
reading man pages and documentation on the file format, I thought I'd ask
if this is the right path to follow. Or even if the A20p could do this
under XFree 4.01 with the native driver. What I suspect is that because
the video card in the A20p can run two displays at once, it is screwing up
the driver that ships with XFree 4.01 and RH7.
The subject of the commercial driver came up, and I'm going to go off and
pursue that as well.
I'm learning far more about X than I had intended to, but what the heck,
it is fun. And along the way, I got my Netscape fonts fixed as well.
-JeffR
"Bob Koss" <koss@objectmentor.com>
12/27/00 12:34 PM
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Jeff,
I'm not sure exactly what your question is. Do you just want to use an
external monitor instead of the laptop LCD? That's not a problem. I do it
in Winblows and RH 6.2 without having to do anything special. I see
1280x1024 on both the LCD and external 21" monitor. So that must not be
your question.
Perhaps you're asking the same thing that I was asking earlier. Is there a
way to have an extended desktop using both the external monitor and the
LCD. If this is your question, please keep me posted on an answer if you
hear of one.
Winblows spoiled me. I like having my email client and Netscape on one
monitor while doing real work on the other monitor.
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Robert S. Koss, Ph.D. | Training and Mentoring
Senior Consultant | Object Oriented Design
Object Mentor, Inc. | C++, Java
www.objectmentor.com | Extreme Programming
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Well, my problem is this. RH7, TP A20p. I plug an external monitor into my laptop, leave the lid down, text mode works, X does not work. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I figured I would need a different XF86Config-4 file. But before I go off reading man pages and documentation on the file format, I thought I'd ask if this is the right path to follow. Or even if the A20p could do this under XFree 4.01 with the native driver. What I suspect is that because the video card in the A20p can run two displays at once, it is screwing up the driver that ships with XFree 4.01 and RH7.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The subject of the commercial driver came up, and I'm going to go off and pursue that as well. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I'm learning far more about X than I had intended to, but what the heck, it is fun. And along the way, I got my Netscape fonts fixed as well.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">-JeffR</font>
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<br><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial">Jeff,</font>
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<br><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial">I'm not sure exactly what your question is. Do you just want to use an external monitor instead of the laptop LCD? That's not a problem. I do it in Winblows and RH 6.2 without having to do anything special. I see 1280x1024 on both the LCD and external 21" monitor. So that must not be your question.</font>
<br><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"> </font>
<br><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial">Perhaps you're asking the same thing that I was asking earlier. Is there a way to have an extended desktop using both the external monitor and the LCD. If this is your question, please keep me posted on an answer if you hear of one.</font>
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<br><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial">Winblows spoiled me. I like having my email client and Netscape on one monitor while doing real work on the other monitor.</font>
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Robert S. Koss, Ph.D. | Training and Mentoring<br>
Senior Consultant | Object Oriented Design<br>
Object Mentor, Inc. | C++, Java<br>
www.objectmentor.com | Extreme Programming</font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"> </font>
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