Re: [XFree86] No signal to external VGA port
On Thursday 11 September 2003 19:48, Mark Vojkovich wrote: but the hotkey switching still isn't likely to work. NVIDIA's binary Linux drivers probably work better in this regards, since there is a kernel module there. I can live without hotkeying. My Problem is the never working CRT in X. Maybe I have a problem in understanding the XF86Config: I define my LCD in a monitor section I define my CRT in a 2nd monitor section I define my Chipset in a device section I define how to use the monitors connected to the device in a screen section (both monitors in one section? maybe, because they must use same color depth. On the other hand XFree claims about trying to use the device twice, if I define two screen sections) Now to enable them: The 'man XF86Config' in 'DEVICE SECTION' says: Screen number This option is mandatory for cards where a single PCI entity can drive more than one display (i.e., multiple CRTCs sharing a sin- gle graphics accelerator and video memory). One Device section is required for each head, and this parameter determines which head each of the Device sections applies to. The legal values of number range from 0 to one less than the total number of heads per entity. Most drivers require that the primary screen (0) be present. Looks good, this seems to be my case. My first question is: Has the name 'Screen' in this part something to do with the 'screen section', or is it simply the same word for two different things? The last sentence in the man page seems to be true for my driver. Screen 1 results in: Device(s) detected, but none matches those in the config file. No screens found The same happenes, if I define 'Screen 0' and 'Screen 1' in the device section. At this point I get totally lost. Does this mean, the nv driver is not able to enable the lines to the external VGA port? Please tell me, where I think wrong. I played a bit around with: Option CrtcNumber 0 Option FlatPanel 0 and modified the parameters, but I had no luck with it. Is there any documentation? The man page says nothing about this. Thanks for help Wolfgang Mark. On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Wolle wrote: Hi, I have a Medion MD6100 notebook running SuSE Linux 8.2 XFree 4.3.0 (V 11.0) NVidia GeForce4 388 Go graphic chip. The notebook has an external VGA port. I can switch internal / external / both by keyboard (FN-F3). This works on console, but not in X. In X, there is a signal on the VGA port, which causes my monitor to stay on, but it is black all the time. The function key works in X. It switches the LCD display off, when I select 'external'. Can I have my external VGA port working in X as well? regards Wolfgang ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] No signal to external VGA port
On Friday 12 September 2003 09:14, Dan Mergens wrote: The way I have enabled my laptop setup is to switch XF86Config files on startup. The following is a helpful link for doing that: http://www.mit.edu/~matthew1/c840/c840_setup.html Your script says: echo Laptop is in Dockingstation ... and then it pretends: echo Disabling internal LCD Display for X11 but it doesn't switch anything but the parameters. Switching modelines, color depth etc isn't the problem at all. My problem isto have no useful output from my external VGA port at all. I think you are lucky to have your external output on by default, or switched by 'hardware', when connecting to your docking station. I do not have a dockung station. I'm satisfied with my external keyboard, external mouse and, if it's going to work, external CRT. Thanks anyway Wolle ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] No signal to external VGA port
On Friday 12 September 2003 10:21, Dan Mergens wrote: In order to get video output to your external port, you'll need to use the hotkey (it's Fn-F8 on my Dell Latitude). You must do this in text mode, not graphics mode. I do so. If you don't have text displayed after you switch from panel display, there must be something wrong with your laptop. I can't believe this. If I have the output to both in text mode and 'startx', the CRT goes black. XFree switches it off (I'm rather sure). Maybe a driver bug? Once you have text displayed on your external monitor you can configure XFree86 as described in the page I sent you. Ack, but I don't reach that point, where it is useful to define different modes for CRT and LCD. Wolfgang ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
Re: [XFree86] No signal to external VGA port
On Friday 12 September 2003 11:09, Dan Mergens wrote: It sounds like you're trying to run the CRT and LCD panel simultaneously. I'm not sure if you'll be able to do that. Yes, I tried so, but I don't insist to do it this way. You should try configuring the external display with video directed only to the CRT, not the LCD panel display. The problem is that your panel and CRT use very specific sync rates which are most likely not the same. This implies, I need an option or whatever to select the monitor. Everything I tried didn' t switch the output line to external. Are you using NVidia's latest driver? I use XFree's driver. NVidia's driver fails to install after installing a kernel security patch from suse. I insist on having security patches installed. ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
[XFree86] No signal to external VGA port
Hi, I have a Medion MD6100 notebook running SuSE Linux 8.2 XFree 4.3.0 (V 11.0) NVidia GeForce4 388 Go graphic chip. The notebook has an external VGA port. I can switch internal / external / both by keyboard (FN-F3). This works on console, but not in X. In X, there is a signal on the VGA port, which causes my monitor to stay on, but it is black all the time. The function key works in X. It switches the LCD display off, when I select 'external'. Can I have my external VGA port working in X as well? regards Wolfgang ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
