Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:51:42 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Andrew Elmore <aelmore@interwoven.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell 620 w/docking station won't do X on the external monitor Message-ID: <4549330E.20206@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20061101223315.GB41083@interwoven.com> References: <45491BA7.7070003@FreeBSD.org> <20061101223315.GB41083@interwoven.com>
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Andrew Elmore wrote: > On Wed, Nov 01, 2006 at 02:11:51PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: >> FWIW, I have a nice new nvidia card in this laptop, and I'm using the >> nv driver in X because it's a core 2 duo, and I want to try to stick >> with amd64. If the only way I can get this to work is to switch to >> i386 and the nvidia drivers, I'll do that, but I'd rather not. (My >> ultimate goal is to get X working dual-head with Xinerama, or maybe >> TwinView the same way it works in windows, but I'll settle for X on >> the external monitor for now.) > > I haven't had much luck setting up dual-head with the nv driver on > amd64. There's a xorg bug filed about it: > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5190 > > I've heard that ATI graphics are the only option for dual-head support > on amd64, since everything else seems to depend on i386-only proprietary > blobs. Argh, thanks. Be nice to at least get it working on the external monitor, but at least I won't waste any more time on the dual-head stuff. Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection
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