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Date:      Sat, 9 Nov 2002 13:09:25 -0800 (PST)
From:      Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>
To:        tmcmichael@multiad.com
Cc:        Ty McMichael <tmcmichael@multi-ad.com>, <mobile@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: using a laptop as a main machine
Message-ID:  <20021109130634.S90998-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
In-Reply-To: <1036871031.3743.1772.camel@trmbsd.multiad.com>

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On 9 Nov 2002, Ty McMichael wrote:

> Jamie, the monitor I wanted to use while docked (19" Dell) I use
> undocked and it works fine at 1600x1200.  When I dock and boot, my
> monitor goes dead right after issuing the GDM command, but I of course
> still have the laptop screen.  I have read in the past that it was a
> misconfigured XF86Config file.  Any ideas?  Thanks!

I can send you my XF86Config file on Monday.  Be aware I'm using winter's
shim for the Linux Nvidia driver support.  If you an have ATI graphics
adapter instead, you'll have to make a few minor changes.  I should
probably switch to the native FBSD Nvidia driver now that it's finally
available.

Jamie Bowden

-- 
"It was half way to Rivendell when the drugs began to take hold"
Hunter S Tolkien "Fear and Loathing in Barad Dur"
Iain Bowen <alaric@alaric.org.uk>



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