From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 27 20:13:43 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7249216A402 for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:13:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Alex.Kovalenko@verizon.net) Received: from vms042pub.verizon.net (vms042pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 559B013C46B for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:13:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Alex.Kovalenko@verizon.net) Received: from [10.0.3.231] ([70.21.176.159]) by vms042.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0JCJ003XYMUSKTC4@vms042.mailsrvcs.net> for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:13:41 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 15:13:33 -0500 From: "Alexandre \"Sunny\" Kovalenko" In-reply-to: <20070127185712.7A56B5B32@mail.bitblocks.com> To: Bakul Shah Message-id: <1169928813.7662.41.camel@RabbitsDen.RabbitsLawn.verizon.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <20070127185712.7A56B5B32@mail.bitblocks.com> Cc: Frank Altpeter , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: external flatscreen with Thinkpad T42 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:13:43 -0000 On Sat, 2007-01-27 at 10:57 -0800, Bakul Shah wrote: > (As Peter Jeremy had also suggested) I had already looked at > Xorg.0.log prior to my initial email and I know mine > (2378-DUU) does higher res than 1024x768 for external > displays. I think what is happening is Xorg thinks both > displays are on at the same time and chooses a common > resolution. It does detect two 'CRTs' and also what each can > do. Specifying 'screen 1' results in no display whatsoever. > So I am onto something:-) I run SuSE Linux on my T42 (this is work laptop and I am not given much choice). Only way I have found so far to reliably use external monitor (in my case -- projector) is to power it on and keep hitting Fn-F7 until BIOS screen shows up on the projector. -- Alexandre "Sunny" Kovalenko