[ltp] X60s and external display

[Andreas Gredler]

On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 06:42:38AM -0400, James Knott wrote:
> Andreas Gredler wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Has anyone managed to get an external display to work? I tried to enable
> > it with "echo crt_enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video" but it doesn't work.
> > The only working solution is to press F7 during/before boot but then I
> > only have the external display and lcd is disabled.
> > It's the intel 945 chipset.
> 
> I have also found that you can't switch video, after Linux has started.
>  However, there are 3 modes. LCD, external and both.  Try pushing F7
> twice.  Failing that, try configuring as a dual monitor setup.

Pushing F7 twice doen't work. It seems that running both is not
supported as it was in other thinkpads. Even if you try it at boot time,
you can not switch on both devices.
There's also a BIOS setup which says "Both". But this option also
switches between the devices. If there's an analog vga connected it
switches to vga, otherwise lcd is enabled. It's more like an "auto"
function.

Also tried dual head before but as long as crt is disabled there's no
signal on the connector.

greets Jimmy

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