[ltp] T23 external monitor resolution
Alex Deucher
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:28:06 -0500
On 4/26/07, Nigel Wilkinson <nigel@waspz.co.uk> wrote:
> > On 4/26/07, Nigel Wilkinson <nigel@waspz.co.uk> wrote:
> >> Hi folks
> >>
> >> is anyone useing a T23 with the supersavage card driving an external
> >> widescreen monitor running at 1440x900
> >
> > you won't have much luck unless your bios has a built-in mode for
> > 1440x900 as the bios is required for dualhead and modesetting in most
> > cases. You might be able to get it working on just the external
> > monitor if you close the lid and set the "usebios" option to false and
> > the "crtonly" option to true. I started work on native modesetting
> > support for savage, but I'm not sure when I'll have time to finish it.
>
> I'm only interested in it working on an external monitor but I'd like to
> know definately that it works before I spend the money. If there is any
> doubt then I'll scrap the widescreen option and just go for a standard 19"
I can't verify as I don't have a widescreen monitor.
Alex