[ltp] Re: New A20p questions - sound and external monitor
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The world is conspiring to keep me on a laptop display for life. I could=20
not get the 770z to push a fast enough refresh at resolutions higher than=20
1024x768, and once you go 1280, you never go back :-) Now, I finally=20
have a laptop that can push a fast enough refresh externally, and I can=20
only use it with Windoze. Arrggghhh. What a waste of a 21" monitor.
Is anybody out there actually using the Xig driver on a laptop? With an=20
external display? Does it do strangeness when you go from the external=20
display (or both) to just the laptop display?
-JeffR
Mike Johnson <mike.johnson@euromail.se>
12/27/00 10:04 AM
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On Wednesday 27 December 2000 05:33, Alan Shutko wrote:
> jrogers@mjrogers.com writes:
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> > 2. =A0External monitors - I have a Viewsonic PT813 monitor, how do I ge=
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X
> > working with an external display? =A0
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> I'm not sure that's possible with XF86 yet... it wasn't for the
> longest time under 4.0.1, and I haven't tried it under 4.0.2 yet. I
> know the Xig driver will do this (and let you dual-head over LCD and
> external monitor).
It is still not possible with 4.0.2. I checked out the ati driver from
CVS and all the external monitor stuff was still #defined out. :-(
Mike.
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<br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">The world is conspiring to keep me o=
n a laptop display for life. I could not get the 770z to push a fast =
enough refresh at resolutions higher than 1024x768, and once you go 1280, y=
ou never go back :-) Now, I finally have a laptop that can push a fa=
st enough refresh externally, and I can only use it with Windoze. Arr=
ggghhh. What a waste of a 21" monitor.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">Is anybody out there actually using =
the Xig driver on a laptop? With an external display? Does it d=
o strangeness when you go from the external display (or both) to just the l=
aptop display?</font>
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<br><font size=3D2 face=3D"sans-serif">-JeffR</font>
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<br><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New">On Wednesday 27 December 2000 05:33=
, Alan Shutko wrote:<br>
> jrogers@mjrogers.com writes:<br>
><br>
> > 2. =A0External monitors - I have a Viewsonic PT813 monitor, how d=
o I get X<br>
> > working with an external display? =A0<br>
><br>
> I'm not sure that's possible with XF86 yet... it wasn't for the<br>
> longest time under 4.0.1, and I haven't tried it under 4.0.2 yet. &nbs=
p;I<br>
> know the Xig driver will do this (and let you dual-head over LCD and<b=
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> external monitor).<br>
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It is still not possible with 4.0.2. I checked out the ati driver from<br>
CVS and all the external monitor stuff was still #defined out. :-(<br>
<br>
Mike.<br>
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