[ltp] PATCH: radeon LCD plus DVI support

[Alex Deucher]

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:31:18 -0600, Joe LaPenna <joelapenna@gmail.com> wrote:
> Could you get a copy of your xorg.conf somewhere? I am pretty retarded
> when it comes to setting up dual head on any video card in X.
> 

something like this should do:
update the modes and metamodes to what your monitor and LCDs need,
mergedfb:
http://www.botchco.com/alex/xorg/xorg.conf

here's a sample xinerama config.  change the driver name from savage
to radeon and add the monitorlayout option to the first device
section.
http://www.botchco.com/alex/new-savage/savage/working/XF86Config-xinerama

hope that helps,

Alex

> 
> On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 13:13:37 +0100, Matthias Himber <mhimber@gmx.net> wrote:
> > > Let me know how it goes.  I don't have the hardware to test myself.
> >
> > It works... I think. My external Monitor (a Hyunday ImageQuest Q17 Flatpanel)
> > is extremely picky when it comes to video modes, and I never could get X to
> > calculate working modelines for it. I managed to get it working with the
> > "MonitorLayout" "TMDS, NONE" hack mentioned previously on this list, but only
> > after I added the standard VESA modelines into my xorg.conf and forced X to
> > use them through the "IgnoreEDID" option. There seems to be no way to force
> > the radeon driver to use an exact modeline specified for the second monitor,
> > at least I haven't found one in about two hours of trying and searching
> > through the manpages. I found that the only modes I can get to work on the
> > external display as well are 640x480 an 1400x1050 (which the Q17 doesn't even
> > support!). Also, trying to turn off DDC altogether and creating all modes
> > manually failed because the internal panels modes are not obtained through
> > DDC, but through the BIOS, and I found no way to disable that.
> > However, thanks for the patch! It's a start at the very least, and I had
> > already given up all hope of ever getting useful DVI output out of the
> > Thinkpad.
> > Regards,
> >         Matthias
> >
> >
> >
> 
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