[ltp] T41p/T42p/R50p VGA and DVI Out

Carlos linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 05 Jan 2006 09:15:13 -0500


On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 09:05 -0500, Alex Deucher wrote:
> On 1/5/06, Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-12-19 at 10:16 -0500, th.trauco@neverbox.com wrote:
> > > 1) Can a t42p be configured to do on-the-fly (i.e. without restarting
> > > the X server) switching/cloning of the screen using fn-f7 for the VGA
> > > port?
> >
> > Yes.  I just got this working today, and I used the "CloneDisplay"
> > option to the free radeon driver.    My colleagues and I are learning
> > that there are several ways to do this, but this method is functional
> > for me.  It also allows me to switch resolutions at runtime with
> > gnome-display-properties and xrandr.
> >
> 
> Just to clarify, the current radeon driver doesn't actually have a
> "CloneDisplay" option.  The driver defaults to cloning using both
> crtcs if multiple monitors are detected.
> 
> Alex

Can you post or send me your xorg.conf?

Thanks a lot!
Carlos