[ltp] T41P dockingstation

[Alex Deucher]

On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 11:17:53 -0700, Osho GG <oshogg@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 13:05:21 -0400, Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 13:04:35 -0400, Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 11:12:18 -0500, Daniel Jimenez <djimenez@pobox.com> wrote:
> > > > Alex Deucher wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I've never tried the docking station so I can't say for sure, but it
> > > > > should work in linux.  you might want to try the latest xorg drivers.
> > > > > The problem is many lid events now generate acpi events which X
> > > > > doesn't properly handle.  there is some new bios code in the Xorg
> > > > > driver to handle lide events better.  also by default if X detects a
> > > > > monitor attached to both outputs it will produce a cloned output on
> > > > > both heads.  if not you can force it with driver options.
> > > > >
> > > > > Alex
> > > >
> > > > Driver options are great, but I sorta would like it automatic. Basically
> > > > run my LCD at 1280x1024, and the external monitor at 1600x1200. Is this
> > > > possible?
> > > >
> > >
> > > well not automatically, but yes, it is possible, either as dualhead or
> > > in a clone config.
> >
> > Keep in mind I've never used a tocking station, so YMMV.  The radeon
> > driver itself supports dualhead properly.
> >
> 
> Just curious. Does radeon driver support it well enough that if I
> undock my laptop - it would switch to single head without having to
> restart  X server? And if I dock it again, I should have dual-head
> display configuration again.
> 
> In my office, I have external 1600x1200 LCD display and my T42p's
> internal display is 1600x1200 as well. It would be great if I could
> get a configuration like above working with radeon or ATI's binary
> drivers.

you can get something working using mergedfb and xrandr, but it has
some limitations.  flexible runtime X reconfiguration is not yet
available.

Alex

> 
> thanks,
> Osho
> 
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