Re: How to turn off internal monitor when using external one (solved, sort of)

2005-02-22 Thread Gerardo Ballabio
On 02/21/05 17:57:38, Jason Martens wrote: Gerardo Ballabio wrote: | (WW) RADEON(0): Invalid Monitor type specified for 1st port | (WW) RADEON(0): Invalid Monitor type specified for 2nd port | (WW) RADEON(0): No valid monitor specified, force to CRT on 1st port | | Actually, while your

Re: How to turn off internal monitor when using external one

2005-02-21 Thread Gerardo Ballabio
On 02/18/05 16:10:47, Jason Martens wrote: Hmm, I am using gnome, and I have not observed that behaviour. My screen stays off even after I log in. I have a Mobility Radeon 7500 in a Dell Latitiude C640. I'm pasting my X config below. Sorry to bother you again. I've tried your X configuration, th

Re: How to turn off internal monitor when using external one

2005-02-18 Thread Gerardo Ballabio
On 02/17/05 19:35:17, Jason Martens wrote: If you are using a radeon driver, do a man radeon and look for "Panel Off". I added that line to my XFree86 config file, and it worked beautifully. Thank you very much. It works while I'm in the GDM login windows (that is an improvement from the previou

Re: Re: How to turn off internal monitor when using external one

2005-02-04 Thread Gerardo Ballabio
thank you for your answer, I've read a Xinerama Howto and I understand it's about combining multiple monitors so that each shows a different portion of the screen. Furthermore, if I understand correctly, every monitor is supposed to be attached to a different graphics card. My case is different. I

How to turn off internal monitor when using external one

2005-02-03 Thread Gerardo Ballabio
Hi all, I've been given a Dell Latitude C640 laptop as my work PC (it was formerly used by my boss, who ran Windows). When in the office, I plug it into its docking station under my desk and use external LCD monitor, keyboard and mouse. I run Sarge, kernel 2.6.8-1-686. My problem is, when it