Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 00:07:43 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: T41 - dualhead with a TV? Message-ID: <20050820000743.65ed5a8b.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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Hello, I have a ThinkPad T41, which runs FreeBSD 5.4-stable. It uses Xorg 6.8.2, and according to the log file, it has a ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 (M9) Lf (AGP) chipset. I would like to set up a dual head (not xinerama) configuration, using a TV set as an external display (connected to the S-Video connector). That way I can show movies on the TV screen, while doing normal desktop on the LCD. First, is this possible? Secondly, where do I find a how-to on this. I have searched Google, but haven't found any good ones (or maybe I didn't understand them). Third, and added compilcation; I'm not running startx, X is started from xdm when I log in. Ideally, the TV set should "just work" when I plug in the S-Video cable. Next best would be if the machine detected an attached TV set at boot / X startup time (that way I could just log out and in again after connecting the TV), but if that doesn't work, is there some way I can choose a Xorg config from xdm? -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway
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