[ltp] Moving Video Won't Display on External Monitor of Thinkpad R32

Tue, 25 May 2004 12:10:34 -0400

Yes, I put that option in my XF86Config after reading the radeon man
page, and everything is working.
Thanks for the XF86Config snip, I played around for a while trying to
get dual-head to work with separate workspaces on the monitors, and it
turns out all I was missing was the Screen option in the Device section.
Since I have limited desk space I leave the Thinkpad with its lid closed
underneath my desk, but once I move up in the world and get a bigger
apartment, I'll try the luxury of two screens at a time :-)
-jr

On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 13:55, Patrick Wustmann wrote:
> Hi james,
> 
> have you tried this
> 
> Option "MonitorLayout" "string"
> 
>     This option is used to overwrite the detected monitor types. 
>     This is only required when driver makes a false detection. 
>     The possible monitor types are:
>     NONE -- Not connected
>     CRT -- Analog CRT monitor
>     TMDS -- Desktop flat panel
>     LVDS -- Laptop flat panel
>     This option can be used in following format:
>     Option "MonitorLayout" "[type on primary], [type on secondary]"
>     For example, Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT, TMDS"
> 
>     Primary/Secondary head for dual-head cards:
>     (when only one port is used, it will be treated as the primary regardless)
>     Primary head:
>     DVI port on DVI+VGA cards
>     LCD output on laptops
>     Internal TMDS prot on DVI+DVI cards
>     Secondary head:
>     VGA port on DVI+VGA cards
>     VGA port on laptops
> 
>     External TMDS port on DVI+DVI cards
> 
>     The default value is undefined
> 
> from the xorg documentation  
> http://freedesktop.org/~xorg/X11R6.7.0/doc/radeon.4.html
> 
> 
> if you don't have success with this, try the following approach:
> 
> Well, it's another x-config, because in my opinion it's useless to have only a clone mode
> if you have two displays. It would be better if each display has its own content. This can be achieved with the
> Xinerama extention and with defining two different workspaces. I prefer the last one.
> 
> long speech, short config:
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier  "LCD"
>     ModelName "IBM T41p Laptop Display Panel"
>     Option "DPMS"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier  "CRT-19@home"
>     ModelName "915FT Plus"
>     VendorName  "LG"
>     HorizSync   30 - 107
>     VertRefresh 50 - 200
>     Option "DPMS"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier  "ATI Fire GL T2"
>     Driver      "radeon"
>     BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
>     Screen 0
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier  "External - ATI Fire GL T2"
>     Driver      "radeon"
>     BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
>     Screen 1
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier  "Screen 0"
>     Device      "ATI Fire GL T2"        
>     Monitor     "LCD"
>     DefaultDepth 24
>     Subsection "Display"                
>         Depth       24
>         Modes       "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>     EndSubsection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier  "Screen 1"
>     Device      "External - ATI Fire GL T2"
>     Monitor     "CRT-19@home"
>     DefaultDepth 24
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth       24
>         Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>     EndSubsection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
>     Identifier  "Workspaces"
>     Screen 0 "Screen 0" 0 0
>     Screen 1 "Screen 1" LeftOf "Screen 0"
>     InputDevice "UltraNav"  "CorePointer"
>     InputDevice "Keyboard"  "CoreKeyboard"
>     InputDevice "USBmouse"  "SendCoreEvents"
> EndSection
> 
> with that you are able to navigate over two screens (please configure the Hz,KHz and resolution to your own needs) through
> the left side of the LCD (my LCD is right to the CRT), and if you open an (arbitrary) application it pops up regarding on which screen you are. (please note that you are not able to move windows from one screen to the other, is only possible with the xinerama extention) but with that i've problems withe the resolution (dpi).
> 
> so james you can watch a movie on one screen and typing mails on the other screen.
> 
> hope it helps
> 
> pat
> 
> On Mon, 24 May 2004 13:12:43 -0400
> morpheus <morpheus@post.harvard.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm running FC1 kernel 2.4.22-1.2188.nptl, I've looked everywhere
> > (including the archives of this site) to find out how to display video
> > on the external monitor under Linux.
> > 
> > Currently, I can use my internal LCD and external monitor
> > simultaneously, but for some reason video files (.mpg, .avi, etc.) only
> > display on the internal LCD.  For example, if I run mplayer to watch a
> > movie, I can see it on the internal LCD but the external display shows a
> > black square.  Everything else (graphics, etc.) displays fine.
> > 
> > Under Windows, when this happens, there's a setting in the display
> > driver properties to make the external display the PRIMARY display. 
> > This solves the problem.  Is there any way to do this from Linux?
> > 
> > -James
> > 
> > XF86Config attached:
> > 
> > # XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86
> > 
> > Section "ServerLayout"
> > 	Identifier     "single head configuration"
> > 	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
> > 	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> > 	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> > 	InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
> > 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"
> > 	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Japanese/"
> > 	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Japanese-BIG/"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "Module"
> > 	Load  "dbe"
> > 	Load  "extmod"
> > 	Load  "fbdevhw"
> > 	Load  "glx"
> > 	Load  "record"
> > 	Load  "freetype"
> > 	Load  "type1"
> > 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	    "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> > 	Option	    "XkbModel" "jp106"
> > 	Option	    "XkbLayout" "jp"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > 	Identifier  "Mouse0"
> > 	Driver      "mouse"
> > 	Option	    "Protocol" "PS/2"
> > 	Option	    "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> > 	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> > 	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > 
> > # If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
> > # this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
> > # also use USB mice at the same time.
> > 	Identifier  "DevInputMice"
> > 	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 1024x768"
> > 	HorizSync    31.5 - 48.5
> > 	VertRefresh  40.0 - 70.0
> > 	Option	    "dpms"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "Device"
> > 	Identifier  "Videocard0"
> > 	Driver      "radeon"
> > 	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
> > 	BoardName   "ATI Radeon Mobility M6"
> > 	Option	    "intern_disp"
> > 	Option	    "extern_disp"
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "Screen"
> > 	Identifier "Screen0"
> > 	Device     "Videocard0"
> > 	Monitor    "Monitor0"
> > 	DefaultDepth     24
> > 	SubSection "Display"
> > 		Depth     16
> > 		Modes    "800x600" "640x480"
> > 	EndSubSection
> > 	SubSection "Display"
> > 		Depth     24
> > 		Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > 	EndSubSection
> > EndSection
> > 
> > Section "DRI"
> > 	Group        0
> > 	Mode         0666
> > EndSection
> > 
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