[ltp] T23 external monitor resolution

Nigel Wilkinson linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:01:00 +0100 (BST)


> On 4/26/07, Nigel Wilkinson <nigel@waspz.co.uk> wrote:
>> Hi folks
>>
>> is anyone useing a T23 with the supersavage card driving an external
>> widescreen monitor running at 1440x900
>
> you won't have much luck unless your bios has a built-in mode for
> 1440x900 as the bios is required for dualhead and modesetting in most
> cases.  You might be able to get it working on just the external
> monitor if you close the lid and set the "usebios" option to false and
> the "crtonly" option to true.  I started work on native modesetting
> support for savage, but I'm not sure when I'll have time to finish it.

I'm only interested in it working on an external monitor but I'd like to
know definately that it works before I spend the money. If there is any
doubt then I'll scrap the widescreen option and just go for a standard 19=
"