[ltp] PATCH: radeon LCD plus DVI support

[Joe LaPenna]

Tried with mergedfb suggestion and xinerama suggestion, no go. merged
fb gets further, with again, the lit display on laptop and X on the
external, log of it is at:

http://joelapenna.com/logs/Xorg.0.log.mergedfb


On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 23:52:48 -0500, Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:31:18 -0600, Joe LaPenna <joelapenna@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Could you get a copy of your xorg.conf somewhere? I am pretty retarded
> > when it comes to setting up dual head on any video card in X.
> >
> 
> something like this should do:
> update the modes and metamodes to what your monitor and LCDs need,
> mergedfb:
> http://www.botchco.com/alex/xorg/xorg.conf
> 
> here's a sample xinerama config.  change the driver name from savage
> to radeon and add the monitorlayout option to the first device
> section.
> http://www.botchco.com/alex/new-savage/savage/working/XF86Config-xinerama
> 
> hope that helps,
> 
> Alex
> 
> >
> > On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 13:13:37 +0100, Matthias Himber <mhimber@gmx.net> wrote:
> > > > Let me know how it goes.  I don't have the hardware to test myself.
> > >
> > > It works... I think. My external Monitor (a Hyunday ImageQuest Q17 Flatpanel)
> > > is extremely picky when it comes to video modes, and I never could get X to
> > > calculate working modelines for it. I managed to get it working with the
> > > "MonitorLayout" "TMDS, NONE" hack mentioned previously on this list, but only
> > > after I added the standard VESA modelines into my xorg.conf and forced X to
> > > use them through the "IgnoreEDID" option. There seems to be no way to force
> > > the radeon driver to use an exact modeline specified for the second monitor,
> > > at least I haven't found one in about two hours of trying and searching
> > > through the manpages. I found that the only modes I can get to work on the
> > > external display as well are 640x480 an 1400x1050 (which the Q17 doesn't even
> > > support!). Also, trying to turn off DDC altogether and creating all modes
> > > manually failed because the internal panels modes are not obtained through
> > > DDC, but through the BIOS, and I found no way to disable that.
> > > However, thanks for the patch! It's a start at the very least, and I had
> > > already given up all hope of ever getting useful DVI output out of the
> > > Thinkpad.
> > > Regards,
> > >         Matthias
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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