"d" == david <david@bottrill.co.uk> writes:
This behavior is display chipset dependent. I have a pair of Dell Latitude laptops, one with the NeoMagic 128 and one with the NeoMagic 256. The 128 uses options in XF86Config, InternalDisplay and ExternalDisplay. One or both should be present. If both are present, the external monitor can only run at 60Hz. The 256 listens to the FN-F7 (I think) control key combo that works under windoze. If you have an ATI Rage 128 in your laptop, options are much greater, as there are 2 seperate RAMDACs (well, kinda. You don't need a RAMDAC for a panel...) You can run the system in double headed mode, panel and monitor, or make the panel and monitor look the same, or disable one or the other of them. I'm not sure how much of this functionality is broken out in XF86. ericb d> I have a Dell Lattitude Laptop dual booting 6.3 and Win98, it works fine d> with the LCD screen, but when in the docking station the screen goes blank d> when X starts. The Laptop's hot key will not switch over the display. I d> suspect the LCD screen is running but I haven't got round to lifting the d> monitor off the docking station and opening the laptop to see if the LCD is d> working. CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE killes X and returns to the console properly. d> As this is a company laptop, on which I have to run on WIN98 I have not d> bothered to look further, I only have the dual boot so I can demonstrate and d> evangelise on Linux to my colleagues,I have made a good number of d> conversions since I started runing SuSE just over a year ago. d> David d> -----Original Message----- d> From: BobF [mailto:FBob@wt.net] d> Sent: 25 March 2000 09:55 d> To: George Zeigler; suse-linux-e@suse.com d> Subject: Re: [SLE] laptop external monitor? d> On Sat, 25 Mar 2000, George Zeigler wrote:
Hello, I'm reading that Xfree86 does not support external monitor on a d> laptop. Does this mean that if I use X, that I cannot use an external monitor? Somebody mentioned to me that their monitor went bad on their d> laptop. After hearing this, I now wonder if I could set up my laptop so that upon logging in at the consol, I could hit
F1 - for laptop monitor F2 - for external monitor
d> I use an external monitor on my Compaq 1270 with XFree86 in FreeBSD and it d> works great. d> I would think that it would work with with Linux but I have not enough disk d> space to triple boot and I need win98 and FreeBSD on the portable for field d> use. d> Should not hurt to try it in a low res mode. d> Plug it in and go! d> -- Bob F d> EMail FBob@wt.net d> A Truly Wise Man Never Plays d> Leapfrog With A Unicorn... d> -- d> To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com d> For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com d> Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ d> -- d> To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com d> For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com d> Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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