[ltp] CRT and LCD at the same time?

[D. Sen]

Robert Andersson wrote:

> tjoho!
>
> >>>>> "DS" == D Sen <dsen@research.att.com> writes:
> DS> I tried to tweak Tim's s3switch utility and had limited success. I
> DS> was working blindly in that I didnt have the specs to the Savage
> DS> chipset (I tried contacting S3 for the specs to no avail). Others
> DS> have reported no success with my tweaks.
>
> DS> Robert Andersson wrote:
> >> hmm yes i came accross this code just a few hours ago an i will
> >> test it on monday. *keep your fingers crossed*
> >>
> >> thanks for your help and i hope we can keep this issue open so that
> >> s3 and ibm will finally come up with a permanent remedy to this
> >> problem.
>
> i got it to work! in the function "set_active_device", changeint this line
>
>         r.ecx = iDevice;
> to this
>         r.ecx = iDevice | DUO_ON;
>
> as tim and d sen said.
>
> unfortuantly i couldn't our video projector to sync toward the
> 1400x1050 resolution, suprise suprise. nb that i can get the video
> projector to sync when only displaying crt with the same config
> files... the video projector doesn't support 1400x1050 but it will
> interpolate nicely to 1024x768. i think i'll have to fiddle around
> with the vertical sync abit more.
>

I dont understand. You said your projector handled 1400x1050 when used
exculisively (not with the CRTat the same time).  If you had an external
monitor that supported 1400x1050, would it work?

>
> well starting yet another Xserver on a display with 1024x768
> resolution i got it to work, though the scaling didn't smooth it... :|
> have to fix that later on. anyway it looks just fine on the projector
> and the user seems happy enough to be able to switch between the :0
> and :1 displays with ctrl-alt-7/8.
>
> another problem is that the vc really loses it when doing this but
> i'll figure something out...
>
> last, i big big thank you to ye all for all your help --thanks! :)
>
> yours,
> /robert
>
> ps. i'll be back :) ds.
>
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