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

[Matthew Turner/Atlanta/IBM]

It went to crap when I tried the FN-F7 keys (screen was dead on the monitor
and all colored lines on the LCD). I have the fix now though. Edited the
XF86Config to uncomment the line "external disp". Wrote a script to either
move the docked XF86Config file into /etc/X11 or the undocked XF86Config
file.


Thanks




"D. Sen" <dsen@research.att.com> on 09/25/2000 12:17:28 PM

Please respond to linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com

To:   Matthew Turner/Atlanta/IBM@IBMUS
cc:   linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Subject:  Re: [Fwd: [ltp] P76 External Monitor on a 600E]



Matthew,

You definitely need to cycle the FN-F7 keys. I have to open my laptop
(even when its in the port replicator) to do this. (The Accelerated-X
server allows you to cycle using the CTRL+ALT+TAB keys but the XFree
servers dont). I dont think installing the server while docked or
undocked matters. It has to pick up the right chipset which is the same
in both states.

Let us know what happens when you toggle the Fn-F7 keys.

DS


Matthew Turner/Atlanta/IBM wrote:
>
> 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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