[ltp] xorg.conf file for T42p?

[morpheus]

This is exactly what I do....
Is there a better way anyone?
-m

On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 15:40, Donald B. Altman wrote:
> ** Reply to message from Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> on Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:59:14 -0500
> 
> Hi Norm,
> 
> I'm running SuSE 9.1 on a T42p.  So, I still use XFree, but perhaps this
> will help.
> 
> I've never been able to get the external port to reliably work using the
> radeon driver.  For the external port I use the VESA framebuffer device.
> This may be my problem since I'm  new to X stuff.
> 
> I've resorted to the kludge of having several XF86Config files and 
> swapping them via 1-liner scripts as needed.
> 
> The way I found to do so was:
> 1)  I have 2 entries in  grub's menu.lst.  The one for the external monitor
>           sets the VESA FB resolution in hardware.  The radeon one works well without doing so.
> 2)  I boot to runlevel 3 and run the appropriate script (which copies the appropriate
>           XF86Config into the /etc/X11 directory
> 3)  Then I "init 5" and log in again once X is up.
> 4)  Once I've got the proper XF86Config file, I just use the grub menu if I need to reboot.
> 4)  I wanted to automate this, but haven't found any difference in the
>          processes running with and without the external monitor.
> 
> The whole procedure is ugly.  I chalk it up to being a rank amateur and
> not having the time to really learn this stuff.  But it works and is reliable.
> If you don't find anything better, I'll be glad to post the appropriate files.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Don A
> 
> -- 
> Donald B. Altman
> Singular Technologies
> Croton-on-Hudson,  NY