[ltp] Does the t40p support dual display?

[Neil Weisenfeld]

The configure program for the ATI Linux driver that I have includes this
message:


>  
> This program will create the ATI "XF86Config-4" file
> - based on your selections - for the below listed boardtypes...
>  
>          - ATI Radeon 8500 / 9100
>          - ATI FireGL 8700 / 8800
>          - ATI FireGL E1
>          - ATI FireGL T2
>          - ATI Radeon 9000
>          - ATI Radeon 9200
>          - ATI Radeon 9500
>          - ATI Radeon 9600
>          - ATI Radeon 9700
>          - ATI Radeon 9800
>          - ATI FireGL Z1 / X1 / X2
>          - ATI Mobility M9
>          - ATI Mobility FireGL 9000
>          - ATI Mobility M9PLUS


I don't know about the architectural similarities of the 7500 vs the
8500 and I certainly can't tell you what the effect of using their
software would be.  I would think that it would be unlikely that you'd
damage the hardware, however if you are worried about it and can't
afford the consequences if you do damage your machine, then I'd suggest
not trying it.

Good luck!


neil





On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 04:24, Frederic Gaus wrote:
> 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. 
> > 
> > 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
> > 
> > 
> > Neil
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 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. 
> > > And where do I get this control panel? What is the name of it?
> > > 
> > > Freddy
> > > > 
> > > > I've done clone mode with the regular XFree86 4.3 driver.  Not sure if
> > > > it supports the others.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Neil
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 13:26, Steve K wrote:
> > > > > Hey folks --
> > > > > 
> > > > > Someone just sat down here and hooked their powerbook up to an external 
> > > > > monitor and has their display spanned over the LCD & CRT.  Does the t40p 
> > > > > support this, or is the external video just show what is also on the 
> > > > > LCD?  This IBM page has some details about the video card, but didn't 
> > > > > say anything about this:
> > > > > 
> > > > > http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-46451#video
> > > > > 
> > > > > cheers,
> > > > > -steve
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
> > > > http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad
> > > > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
> > http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad
> >