[ltp] Does the t40p support dual display?

[Frederic Gaus]

--hUH5gZbnpyIv7Mn4
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 08:27:33PM -0400, Neil Weisenfeld wrote:
> The ATI control panel comes with the official ATI drivers:
>=20
>=20
> http://www.ati.com/support/products/workstation/firegl8800/linux/firegl88=
00linuxdrivers.html?type=3Dlinux&prodType=3Dfiregl&prod=3DfireLinBedriver&s=
ubmit.x=3D5&submit.y=3D5&submit=3DGO%21
>=20
> Note that the FireGL 8800 is not the right chip, but it's all the same
> driver and for some reason the web site doesn't allow you a download if
> you tell it a Mobile FireGL (but the drivers say that it's supported
Well I got a Radeon Mobility 7500 and there also exists no driver for
the mobillity-version. Unfortunately there exists no normal version of
the Radeon 7500.=20
>=20
> My experience has been mixed with this driver, but mostly positive.  I
> now use it instead of the standard XFree driver.
Do you think the drivers of Radeon 8xxx and 9xxx will
work with my card? Do you think I can damage something if I give it a
try?

Thanks Freddy
>=20
>=20
> Neil
>=20
>=20
>=20
> On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 18:29, Frederic Gaus wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 06:08:35PM -0400, Neil Weisenfeld wrote:
> > > The ATI driver comes with a control panel that allows you to choose a
> > > "mode" for the second display.  Either a clone of the primary display,
> > > or a vertical or horizontal extension.  I think that it just updates =
the
> > > XF86Config and then you need to restart X for it to take effect.=20
> > And where do I get this control panel? What is the name of it?
> >=20
> > Freddy
> > >=20
> > > I've done clone mode with the regular XFree86 4.3 driver.  Not sure if
> > > it supports the others.
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > > Neil
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > >=20
> > > On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 13:26, Steve K wrote:
> > > > Hey folks --
> > > >=20
> > > > Someone just sat down here and hooked their powerbook up to an exte=
rnal=20
> > > > monitor and has their display spanned over the LCD & CRT.  Does the=
 t40p=20
> > > > support this, or is the external video just show what is also on th=
e=20
> > > > LCD?  This IBM page has some details about the video card, but didn=
't=20
> > > > say anything about this:
> > > >=20
> > > > http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=3DMIGR=
-46451#video
> > > >=20
> > > > cheers,
> > > > -steve
> > > >=20
> > >=20
> > > --=20
> > > The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
> > > http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad
> > >=20
>=20
> --=20
> The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
> http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad
>=20

--hUH5gZbnpyIv7Mn4
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Disposition: inline

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQE/dUkfq1TY6JPmkDwRAmJKAJ49YIMvaBKct3+Wkf5hHJh2sc6VbACgjsvZ
GfJI+PiCGK/2tgTRdxB6cZ4=
=6LmS
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--hUH5gZbnpyIv7Mn4--