[ltp] t30 experiences? and T23 experience???

Mike Zingale linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Tue, 9 Jul 2002 13:50:59 -0700 (PDT)


does using s3switch work over the Fn+F7?  The savage driver webpage claims
that it supports simultaneous LCD+CRT viewing.

http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html

Mike
zingale@ucolick.org


On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, D. Sen wrote:

> Pam Huntley wrote:
> > For the T30, according to IBM's website, the model I've got right now
> > (2366-42u), has an XGA(1024x768) TFT LCD.
> > 
> > So that would probably explain why it wouldn't do 1400x1050.  Looks like I
> > meant to type 1024x768 below, where I have 1280x1024. Oh well. The Radeon
> > card itself, however, will go all the way up to 1600x1200.
> > 
> > Will your machine cycle through the three options if you reduce your
> > resolution to 1024x768?
> 
> Just tried it out. The answer is no. But its better than the behaviour 
> at 1400x1050.
> 
> At the lower resolutions (and terminal mode = not using X), I can cycle 
> between CRT and LCD *but never the LCD+CRT* state. At 1400x1050, 
> touching Fn+F7 spells trouble as it results in a totally distorted 
> display on the LCD screen....never mind cycling between the LCD and CRT. 
> When this happens, trying to get a normal display on the LCD screen is a 
> convoluted process of trial and error (changing to a virtual terminal or 
> at the worst case, having to re-cyle X).
> 
> DS
> 
> > 
> > Pam
> > 
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> > 
> > Aha...seem to be making some headway now :)
> > 
> > Just to make sure (coz it has happened to me with the T2x series before)
> > does the T30 you are using support 1400x1050? The 236661U for example
> > only seems to support the 1024x768 (unlike the 236692U, which supports
> > 1400x1050).
> > 
> > If it does support the 1400x1050 resolution, can you cycle through the
> > CRT/LCD/CRT+LCD modes while in the 1400x1050 resolution?
> > 
> > Thanks for looking into this,
> > DS
> > 
> > Pam Huntley wrote:
> > 
> >>Well, that sure is interesting.  Xconfigurator on the T30 tells me that
> > 
> > it
> > 
> >>can't do 1400x1050, just 1280x1024, even though the screen itself will
> >>support it.
> >>
> >>I did check on a T23, and I also see the two-modes only on the S3.
> >>Interestingly enough, the S3 driver settings for windows doesn't allow
> > 
> > both
> > 
> >>LCD and CRT at the same time.  The only thing that appears to do it is
> > 
> > the
> > 
> >>Presentation Director wizard (pdisplay.exe), that was mentioned earlier.
> >>Hrm.
> >>
> >>Pam
> >>
> > 
> > 
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