[ltp] [SOLVED] R50e - problems with external monitor

[Boris Gorelik]

OK, I've upgraded to Mandriva2006 beta, and now everything is working well. 
(except for some beta bugs, but hey, it's a beta)
On Tuesday 26 July 2005 16:54, Julius Plenz wrote:
> * Boris Gorelik <bgbg@pob.huji.ac.il> [2005-07-25]:
> > Everything went OK, except for one annoying problem: there is an
> > option to use the laptop monitor, an external monitor and both. The
> > combination Fn+F7 is supposed to rotate between three options. It
> > works fine in Windows, but not in linux: here I have only two
> > options: laptop and external monitor.
>
> Same thing here.
>
> > Can anyone give me a hint on what's going on?
>
> I don't know, either. I solved the problem by installing i855crt[1].
> Now you can do: sudo ./i855crt swcursor on 1024x768@60 to enable
> external monitor output. Do disable it, enter sudo ./i855crt off.
>
> If the program segfaults this is because you don't have XVideo
> extension loaded in X. With my graphic card (Intel Corp. 82852/855GM)
> you do this editing the XF86Config-4:
>
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier  "Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device"
>     Driver      "i810"
>     Option      "XVideo" "true"
> EndSection
>
> I made a little page[2] about my ThinkPad, but I don't think it will
> be very helpful for you since it's written in German.
>
> Julius
> --
> [1]  http://sourceforge.net/projects/i855crt
> [2]  http://www.plenz.com/linux/thinkpad_R50e

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Boris Gorelik
Wednesday, 27 July 2005, 20 Tamuz 5765
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