Hi Walter, your laptop probably has the intel 915GM chipset, for which I don't know the solution to your problem. However, for the 855GM chipset which may be very similar, a hack exists at http://sourceforge.net/projects/i855crt/ This works nice with my Acer Travelmate 290. Maybe you can adopt it. Daniel On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 05:32:12PM +0200, Walter Marx wrote:

Hi, out there,

I've been trying, without success, to get my computer display (LCD) and an external monitor (CRT, respectively beamer) working in parallel under Suse Linux 9.3.

My box is an IBM (Lenovo?) thinkPad R52 Modell 1860-5EG (well, comparatively low cost). Pressing the FN+F7 keys always results in: either LCD on and CRT (beamer) off or LCD off and beamer on (in the right solution)

Does anybody have a clue how to get parallel operation?

Thanks for all hints,

Walter

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Hi, I'm wondering, whether it would work if you used the VESA as specification for the laptop display (instead of the LCD)? I seem to recall a discussion on a similar topic for an Amilo A laptop some time ago, where the solution seemed to be this change... Best regards, Stam Walter Marx wrote:

Hi Daniel,

thank you for your hint. You're right, I've got an intel 915GM chipset in the graphic card. Unfortunately, the 855GM and 915GM seem not to be close enough. The i855crt-switch didn't recognize my card. So, I still hope for ideas/possibilities/means from the Linux-universe to parallely run LCD and CRT.

Walter

On Monday 13 June 2005 19:04, Daniel Burgarth wrote:

...

Hi Walter,

your laptop probably has the intel 915GM chipset, for which I don't know the solution to your problem. However, for the 855GM chipset which may be very similar, a hack exists at http://sourceforge.net/projects/i855crt/ This works nice with my Acer Travelmate 290.

Maybe you can adopt it.

Daniel

On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 05:32:12PM +0200, Walter Marx wrote:

...

Hi, out there,

I've been trying, without success, to get my computer display (LCD) and an external monitor (CRT, respectively beamer) working in parallel under Suse Linux 9.3.

My box is an IBM (Lenovo?) thinkPad R52 Modell 1860-5EG (well, comparatively low cost). Pressing the FN+F7 keys always results in: either LCD on and CRT (beamer) off or LCD off and beamer on (in the right solution)

Does anybody have a clue how to get parallel operation?

Thanks for all hints,

Walter

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Ken Mano has indeed upgraded the i810switch c-program and included during the last few days support for the intel 915GM chipset. Switching the crt on and off works perfectly, so parallel operatation of LCD and CRT in the right resolution is possible. It would be nice if the frequency of the crt-mode would be somewhat higher but, well, this is probably a TODO for the near(?) future. Thanks for all contributions to this puzzle and in particular to Ken. Walter On Wednesday 15 June 2005 17:05, Danny Kukawka wrote:

On Wednesday 15 June 2005 15:05, Walter Marx wrote:

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Hi Daniel,

thank you for your hint. You're right, I've got an intel 915GM chipset in the graphic card. Unfortunately, the 855GM and 915GM seem not to be close enough. The i855crt-switch didn't recognize my card. So, I still hope for ideas/possibilities/means from the Linux-universe to parallely run LCD and CRT.

i810switch [1] has partial i915 support.

[1] http://www16.plala.or.jp/mano-a-mano/i810switch.html

Danny