[Fwd: [ltp] P76 External Monitor on a 600E]

[Matthew Turner/Atlanta/IBM]

Yes I can see the virtual terminal when I boot in the port replicator. The
laptop is closed at this point so I can't toggle the FN keys as I'm using
an external keyboard, mouse, etc. I was able to make this work on my
Thinkpad 770, the difference being I did the entire install docked in the
port replicator so the install picked up the monitor during installation.
On this laptop I did the install only on the 600 undocked, no monitor.


Thanks



"D. Sen" <dsen@research.att.com> on 09/22/2000 09:25:28 PM

To:   Jont Allen <jba@research.att.com>
cc:   Matthew Turner/Atlanta/IBM@IBMUS
Subject:  Re: [Fwd: [ltp] P76 External Monitor on a 600E]



Well, please define "stuck in LCD mode"? Do you see
anything on the external monitor as you cycle through Fn-F7? How about
when you arent running X? Do you see the virtual terminal prompt?

If you are getting something in text mode, you should at least get
something on the external monitor when you run startx. It might flicker or
something....at which point you have to adjust the Horizontal and Vertical
frequencies in /etc/X11/XF86Config

Another bet is to try the demo server at www.xig.com and see if you can
get the monitor to work.

DS

On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Jont Allen wrote:

>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [ltp] P76 External Monitor on a 600E
> Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 15:03:59 -0400
> From: "Matthew Turner/Atlanta/IBM" <mturner@us.ibm.com>
> Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
> To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
>
> I have Red Hat 6.2 (2.2.14 kernel) running on my 600e Thinkpad.
Everything
> works great (sound, 1024x768 resolution, token ring, etc.). I now use a
> port replicator with an IBM 6550 monitor. Tried running XConfigurator to
> create a 2nd config file to swap between (docked and undocked) but I just
> can't get the monitor to run X! I have the H (30-94) and V (48-120) sync
> rates but still no luck. Seems like it is stuck in LCD mode or something.
>
> Thoughts?
>
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