[ltp] Re: Dual Output Displays

Ron Joffe linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:40:43 -0400


On Monday 25 April 2005 09:59, Alex Deucher wrote:
> Just the internal LCD and an external monitor of some sort.  The
> savage only has one DAC and one FP controller.  I suspect the DVI port
> on the docking station is run by a TMDS controller attached to the DAC
> output, but I don't know for sure.  I don't know how IBM wired it up.
> Can you run dualhead on the DVI and vga port in windows?  If so it
> should be possible in X, we'd just have to figure out how to route the
> outputs.

Are you familiar at all with the new generation of Thinkpads utilizing the ATI 
Mobility FireGL? Do you know if the dual output capabilities exist in that 
chipset?

Ron




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