[ltp] External monitor with t40p

[Kevin DeKorte]

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Steve,

Attached is my XF86Config on a T30 with an IBM P96 external monitor

I recommend having the lid closed on the laptop so that the internal display 
is not on.

Kevin


On Wednesday 20 August 2003 11:37 am, Steve K wrote:
> Hey folks --
>
> I've been digging for information on this one and I'm getting nowhere fast.
>  I would like to be able to connect an external monitor to my t40p -- and
> right now it works, but the settings seem to be off.  Does anyone know if
> it is possible to define the external monitor in my XFree86 config and
> somehow bind that monitor definition to the external monitor on the laptop?
>  Also, it is possible to run the external monitor at a higher resolution
> than the LCD supports (obviously the LCD would be off in this case).
>
> If someone has this working and could just supply their XFree86 config
> file, I would be very grateful.
>
> This this with version:
> XFree86 Version 4.3.0 (DRI trunk)
> Release Date: 27 February 2003
>
> cheers,
> -steve

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# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config
#Section "ServerFlags"
#  Option "Xinerama" "true"
#EndSection
#Section "Device"
#	Identifier  "Videocard1"
#	Driver      "radeon"
#	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
#	BoardName   "ATI Radeon Mobility 7500"
#	VideoRam    16384
#	Option	    "AGPMode" "4"
#	Option	    "AGPFastWrite" "on"
#	BusID	    "PCI:01:00:0"
#	Screen 0
#EndSection
#Section "Screen"
#	Identifier "Screen1"
#	Device     "Videocard1"
#	Monitor    "Monitor1"
#	DefaultDepth     16
#	SubSection "Display"
#		Depth     16
#		Modes    "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
#	EndSubSection
#EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"

	#Screen      1  "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
	Identifier     "Default Layout"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	InputDevice    "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the 
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "fbdevhw"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#	Option	"Xleds"		"1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#	Option	"XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#	Option	"XkbModel"	"microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
# or:
#	Option	"XkbLayout"	"de"
#	Option	"XkbVariant"	"nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
#	Option	"XkbOptions"	"ctrl:nocaps"
#
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "keyboard"
	Option	    "XkbRules" "xfree86"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "PS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/psaux"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
	Identifier  "DevInputMice"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Generic Laptop Display Panel 1400x1050"
	HorizSync    31.5 - 90.0
	VertRefresh  59.0 - 75.0
	Option	    "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor1"
	VendorName   "IBM"
	ModelName    "P96"
	HorizSync    31.5 - 90.0
	VertRefresh  59.0 - 75.0
	Option	    "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"

#	VideoRam    16384
#	VideoRam    32768
#	Screen 0
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "radeon"
	VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
	BoardName   "ATI Radeon Mobility 7500"
	Option	    "AGPMode" "4"
	Option	    "AGPSize" "32"
	Option	    "AGPFastWrite" "on"
#	Option	    "CloneDisplay" "3"
	Option 	    "OverlayOnCRTC2" "on"
	Option	    "PanelOff" "on"
#	BusID	    "PCI:01:00:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"

	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     16
#	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     16
		Modes    "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"

		Depth     24
# If I enable 1400x1050 I lose accelerated OpenGL
		Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
#		Modes    "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Group        0
	Mode         0666
EndSection


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