Re: color wonky on external monitor

2009-10-30 Thread Tyler Smith
Gireesh Sreekantan writes: > On Wednesday 28 October 2009 19:40:46 Tyler Smith wrote: >> However, on resuming from hibernate, the >> colors are all wrong - the screen looks like a rainbow. I can still make >> out the windows and even read some of the text, which allows me to exit >> fluxbox and r

Re: color wonky on external monitor

2009-10-29 Thread Gireesh Sreekantan
On Wednesday 28 October 2009 19:40:46 Tyler Smith wrote: > However, on resuming from hibernate, the > colors are all wrong - the screen looks like a rainbow. I can still make > out the windows and even read some of the text, which allows me to exit > fluxbox and restart X. After that everything is

color wonky on external monitor

2009-10-28 Thread Tyler Smith
Hi, I'm having trouble with the colors on an external monitor. If I boot up and run X, there's no problem. However, on resuming from hibernate, the colors are all wrong - the screen looks like a rainbow. I can still make out the windows and even read some of the text, which allows

Re: external monitor?

2009-02-20 Thread Hannu Virtanen
Hello, I would like to suggest trying out "grandr", which is a graphical front-end for xrandr.   I have also used "arandr", which is another graphical front-end, but it seems it is not available yet on lenny. Regards, Jonás. Hi, I've installed 'grandr' already during the upgrade. That is t

Re: external monitor?

2009-02-20 Thread Jonas Andradas
Hello, I would like to suggest trying out "grandr", which is a graphical front-end for xrandr. I have also used "arandr", which is another graphical front-end, but it seems it is not available yet on lenny. Regards, Jonás. On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 01:26, Hannu Virtanen < hannu_markus_virta...@

Re: external monitor?

2009-02-20 Thread Hannu Virtanen
Hannu I'm afraid I'm out of ideas. ++ It happens. Thank you  a  lot for your help anyway. Don't worry. After some time I will sort it out, I think. I started using Debian already during the times of 2.1 Slink. Many nights spent trying to solve various problems. Sometim

Re: external monitor?

2009-02-20 Thread Maggie Dusnic
Hannu Virtanen wrote: You could try removing gdm: $ sudo aptitude remove gdm and then start X from the command line: $ startx --- OK. I tried. No difference.. So it wasn't with gdm. - hv Hannu I'm afraid I'm out of ideas. Have you checked that your gr

Re: external monitor?

2009-02-20 Thread Hannu Virtanen
You could try removing gdm: $ sudo aptitude remove gdm and then start X from the command line: $ startx --- OK. I tried. No difference.. So it wasn't with gdm. - hv

Re: external monitor?

2009-02-20 Thread Maggie Dusnic
1024x768 --pos 0x0 The "-pos 0x0" might be relevant as I notice your xrandr -q shows (possibly?) that your monitors are offset at 306mm x 230mm. Maggie - Hi, I tried that xrandr command. No difference. I personally think that it has something to

Re: external monitor?

2009-02-20 Thread Hannu Virtanen
--output VGA-0 --mode 1024x768 --pos 0x0 The "-pos 0x0" might be relevant as I notice your xrandr -q shows (possibly?) that your monitors are offset at 306mm x 230mm.   Maggie - Hi, I tried that xrandr command. No difference. I personally

Re: external monitor?

2009-02-20 Thread Hannu Virtanen
Can you post the relevant parts of your original xorg.conf? + You mean the one, how it was before I changed including your part? Here it is, your part included in the end. --, Section "InputDevice"     Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"  

Re: external monitor?

2009-02-20 Thread Hannu Virtanen
--- On Fri, 2/20/09, Maggie Dusnic wrote: A quick check - did you restart X after changing xorg.conf ? Can you bottom-post to keep it readable ;) +++ Hi, yes I did restart X. I tried even several times restart the whole system. It didn't

Re: external monitor?

2009-02-20 Thread Maggie Dusnic
68 --left-of LVDS" it created on the laptop screen on the right a blue area... Maybe the screen are completely messed out. The laptop screen is replaced by the external monitor? When the system enters into gdm the external screen is going out already. I think that I made the upgrade into &

Re: external monitor?

2009-02-20 Thread Maggie Dusnic
t; it created on the laptop screen on the right a blue area... Maybe the screen are completely messed out. The laptop screen is replaced by the external monitor? When the system enters into gdm the external screen is going out already. I think that I made the upgrade into 'lenny' whe

Re: external monitor?

2009-02-20 Thread Maggie Dusnic
e laptop screen on the right a blue area... Maybe the screen are completely messed out. The laptop screen is replaced by the external monitor? When the system enters into gdm the external screen is going out already. I think that I made the upgrade into 'lenny' when the external screen

Re: external monitor?

2009-02-20 Thread Hannu Virtanen
he right a blue area... Maybe the screen are completely messed out. The laptop screen is replaced by the external monitor? When the system enters into gdm the external screen is going out already. I think that I made the upgrade into 'lenny' when the external screen was connect

Re: external monitor?

2009-02-20 Thread Maggie Dusnic
Hannu Virtanen wrote: Hi, thank you a lot for your post. I spent quite a long time already yesterday with that wiki text. But it didn't help much. Where should you put that "xrandr --output LVDS --mode 1024x768 --output VGA-0 --mode 1024x768 --left-of LVDS" ? In "xorg.conf file" or? the

Re: external monitor?

2009-02-20 Thread Hannu Virtanen
rg" That didn't help at all, because it reconfigured only the keyboard... with best, - hv --- On Fri, 2/20/09, kawk wrote: From: kawk Subject: Re: external monitor? To: hannu_markus_virta...@yahoo.com Cc: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 8:4

Re: external monitor?

2009-02-20 Thread Hannu Virtanen
Hi, thank you a lot for your post. I spent quite a long time already yesterday with that wiki text. But it didn't help much. Where should you put that "xrandr --output LVDS --mode 1024x768 --output VGA-0 --mode 1024x768 --left-of LVDS" ? In "xorg.conf file" or? the output of xrandr

Re: external monitor?

2009-02-20 Thread Maggie Dusnic
Hannu Virtanen wrote: Hello, yesterday I upgraded my system into 'lenny'. Now I've got a problem to get an external monitor working. Earlier with 'etch I had no problems. It worked just by plugging it in. I used a few hours reading other people's posts about this pro

Re: external monitor?

2009-02-20 Thread kawk
dpkg will have created backups of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, called /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup IIRC. Copy your current xorg.conf file to /tmp/, and replace it with the most recent backup. Restart the X server and see what happens. -- - kawk There is no darkness in eternity Only Light too dim

external monitor?

2009-02-20 Thread Hannu Virtanen
Hello, yesterday I upgraded my system into 'lenny'. Now I've got a problem to get an external monitor working. Earlier with 'etch I had no problems. It worked just by plugging it in. I used a few hours reading other people's posts about this problems and tried

Re: Switching to external monitor.

2008-06-23 Thread Franklin PIAT
Hi, Typically, what I want is that a laptop detects when an external monitor is plugged/unplugged, then execute the user preferred action for _that_ device ("xrandr --auto" or open grandr or use an arandr [wnpp 484849] profile or others[6]...). This should be possible ! ACPI[1] is s

Re: Switching to external monitor.

2008-06-22 Thread Carl Fink
On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 09:22:16PM +, Jack Malmostoso wrote: > On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:40:11 +0200, Franklin PIAT wrote: > > > I'm wondering how you handle this. Any great idea we could enable in > > Lenny ? > > grandr is your friend. There was an article on this very subject in last month's

Re: Switching to external monitor.

2008-06-22 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:40:11 +0200, Franklin PIAT wrote: > I'm wondering how you handle this. Any great idea we could enable in > Lenny ? grandr is your friend. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Switching to external monitor.

2008-06-21 Thread Franklin PIAT
Hello, I connect an external monitor to my laptop when I'm at home or at work. In order to reconfigure my monitor when I leave, I have configured an icon on my gnome panel, which invoke "xrandr --auto" to automatically detects the suitable resolution. I'm wondering how

Re: can't switch to external monitor after KDE 3.5 upgrade

2006-02-27 Thread Alexandru Cabuz
Thank you for the response.I seem to only have one each of the sections you mention in xorg.conf. Device, Screen, Monitor.Also, i810switch givesPCI id of i810 is not recognizedHow can I tell if I have a built-in (Intel) video card? On 2/26/06, Robert C. Auch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you have a

Re: can't switch to external monitor after KDE 3.5 upgrade

2006-02-26 Thread Robert C. Auch
I am using a Dell Latitude D600 with Debian testing. The external monitor switch is software, and it seems like xorg does not recognize it.I just did the apt-get dist-upgrade to KDE 3.5 and rebooted and everything seems OK except Fn-F8 does not have any effect (it&#

can't switch to external monitor after KDE 3.5 upgrade

2006-02-14 Thread Alexandru Cabuz
Hello,I am using a Dell Latitude D600 with Debian testing. The external monitor switch is software, and it seems like xorg does not recognize it.I just did the apt-get dist-upgrade to KDE 3.5 and rebooted and everything seems OK except Fn-F8 does not have any effect (it's supposed to swit

Re: External monitor on Acer TM 620

2005-09-19 Thread Koen Vermeer
On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 09:01 +0100, Martin Vlk wrote: > (II) I810(0): Currently active displays on Pipe A: > (II) I810(0): LFP (local flat panel) > (II) I810(0): Lowest common panel size for pipe A is 1024 x 768 > (II) I810(0): No active displays on Pipe B. You'll either have to put the LFP and th

External monitor on Acer TM 620

2005-09-17 Thread Martin Vlk
Hi folks, my laptop has a dual-head i830M graphics and I would like to use is for attaching an external monitor or projector. Now, the X server seems to recognize the second head (see the relevant log snippets below), but the attached monitor doesn't display anything. Any idea what else

Re: Low resolution on external monitor with Fujitsu notebook

2005-04-18 Thread Paulo Marcel Coelho Aragão
On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 06:43:09AM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Paulo Marcel Coelho Aragão wrote: > > > Ritesh, > > > > Thanks for the suggestions, but no joy yet. > > > > I discovered that the 'trident' driver has an option called "Displ

Re: Low resolution on external monitor with Fujitsu notebook

2005-04-17 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paulo Marcel Coelho Aragão wrote: > Ritesh, > > Thanks for the suggestions, but no joy yet. > > I discovered that the 'trident' driver has an option called "Display" > which can be set to "CRT", "LCD" or "Dual". With "LCD" or "Dual", I just > get th

Re: Low resolution on external monitor with Fujitsu notebook

2005-04-17 Thread Paulo Marcel Coelho Aragão
Ritesh, Thanks for the suggestions, but no joy yet. I discovered that the 'trident' driver has an option called "Display" which can be set to "CRT", "LCD" or "Dual". With "LCD" or "Dual", I just get the LCD resolution 800x600. With "CRT", I can see in the log that it has accepted 1024x768 but the

Re: Low resolution on external monitor with Fujitsu notebook

2005-04-16 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
ing HW cursor > (--) TRIDENT(0): VideoRAM: 2048 kByte > (--) TRIDENT(0): TFT Panel 800x600 found > > After this, the 1024x768 resolution is dropped. > > I'm using the 'trident' video driver but couldn't find how to configure > it to recognize the external monit

Re: Low resolution on external monitor with Fujitsu notebook

2005-04-16 Thread Paulo Marcel Coelho Aragão
top with an 800x600 maximum resolution LCD connected to an > > external monitor with 1024x768 maximum resolution. xfree86 is accepting > > resolutions <= 800x600, because the video card says it has an 800x600 > > panel. > > > > How do I make xfree86 use the 1024x768 resolut

Re: Low resolution on external monitor with Fujitsu notebook

2005-04-16 Thread Ritesh Raj Sarraf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Paulo Marcel Coelho Aragão wrote: > Hi, > > Apologies if this is not the adequate list. Suggestions for other lists > will be more than welcome. > > I have a laptop with an 800x600 maximum resolution LCD connected to an >

Low resolution on external monitor with Fujitsu notebook

2005-04-16 Thread Paulo Marcel Coelho Aragão
Hi, Apologies if this is not the adequate list. Suggestions for other lists will be more than welcome. I have a laptop with an 800x600 maximum resolution LCD connected to an external monitor with 1024x768 maximum resolution. xfree86 is accepting resolutions <= 800x600, because the video c

Re: External monitor

2004-08-31 Thread Piero Furiesi
>Try turning the laptop off. Pluging in the external monitor, then >turning on the monitor. > >-sime Ohhh... so easy! :-O Many thanks to sime, Eric Peterson & Vampir0 Ner0. Any tip about the TV-output (PAL/NTSC)? Piero

Re: External monitor

2004-08-31 Thread Piero Furiesi
>Try turning the laptop off. Pluging in the external monitor, then >turning on the monitor. > >-sime Ohhh... so easy! :-O Many thanks to sime, Eric Peterson & Vampir0 Ner0. Any tip about the TV-output (PAL/NTSC)? Piero

Re: External monitor

2004-08-19 Thread Vampir0 Ner0
Piero Furiesi wrote: <> someone can tell me how to configure my hp omnibook xe3gf w/ Debian Woody for an external monitor? When I plug it, screen remains blank, either in console mode or in X mode. It seems like no signal reached the external monitor; and nothing appens pressing

Re: External monitor

2004-08-19 Thread Vampir0 Ner0
Piero Furiesi wrote: <> someone can tell me how to configure my hp omnibook xe3gf w/ Debian Woody for an external monitor? When I plug it, screen remains blank, either in console mode or in X mode. It seems like no signal reached the external monitor; and nothing appens pressing Fn+F

Re: External monitor

2004-08-17 Thread Eric Peterson
Piero, Check that there's no function in the BIOS to disable it. Note that 'hot plugging' an external monitor has never worked for me, it needs to be plugged in at boot time. I've also found that restarting X (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace) sometimes will ki

Re: External monitor

2004-08-17 Thread Eric Peterson
Piero, Check that there's no function in the BIOS to disable it. Note that 'hot plugging' an external monitor has never worked for me, it needs to be plugged in at boot time. I've also found that restarting X (Ctrl-Alt-Backspace) sometimes will ki

Re: External monitor

2004-08-15 Thread sime
Try turning the laptop off. Pluging in the external monitor, then turning on the monitor. -sime

Re: External monitor

2004-08-15 Thread sime
Try turning the laptop off. Pluging in the external monitor, then turning on the monitor. -sime -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

External monitor

2004-08-13 Thread Piero Furiesi
Hi all,   someone can tell me how to configure my hp omnibook xe3gf w/ Debian Woody for an external monitor?   When I plug it, screen remains blank, either in console mode or in X mode.   It seems like no signal reached the external monitor; and nothing appens pressing Fn+F5 keys

External monitor

2004-08-12 Thread Piero Furiesi
Hi all,   someone can tell me how to configure my hp omnibook xe3gf w/ Debian Woody for an external monitor?   When I plug it, screen remains blank, either in console mode or in X mode.   It seems like no signal reached the external monitor; and nothing appens pressing Fn+F5 keys

Re: External monitor on IBM T22 with different resolution?

2003-11-13 Thread Martin Skøtt
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 10:38:01PM +0100, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 07:22:27PM +0100, Martin Skøtt wrote: > > I tried adding 1280x1024 to the display section of XFConfig-4, but I > > get the following in XFree86.0.log when starting X ctrl-alt-+: > > 1. Enable both resolution. > 2

Re: External monitor on IBM T22 with different resolution?

2003-11-13 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 07:22:27PM +0100, Martin Skøtt wrote: > Hi > > I have just purchased a 17" external TFT display for my T22 (Savage IX > chipset), but I'm having some trouble getting it to work... > > The built-in display runs at 1024x768 while the 17" display uses > 1280x1024. How do I c

Re: External monitor on IBM T22 with different resolution?

2003-11-13 Thread Martin Skøtt
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 10:38:01PM +0100, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 07:22:27PM +0100, Martin Skøtt wrote: > > I tried adding 1280x1024 to the display section of XFConfig-4, but I > > get the following in XFree86.0.log when starting X ctrl-alt-+: > > 1. Enable both resolution. > 2

Re: External monitor on IBM T22 with different resolution?

2003-11-13 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 07:22:27PM +0100, Martin Skøtt wrote: > Hi > > I have just purchased a 17" external TFT display for my T22 (Savage IX > chipset), but I'm having some trouble getting it to work... > > The built-in display runs at 1024x768 while the 17" display uses > 1280x1024. How do I c

External monitor on IBM T22 with different resolution?

2003-11-13 Thread Martin Skøtt
Hi I have just purchased a 17" external TFT display for my T22 (Savage IX chipset), but I'm having some trouble getting it to work... The built-in display runs at 1024x768 while the 17" display uses 1280x1024. How do I configure XFree in Debian unstable to use different resolutions for different

External monitor on IBM T22 with different resolution?

2003-11-13 Thread Martin Skøtt
Hi I have just purchased a 17" external TFT display for my T22 (Savage IX chipset), but I'm having some trouble getting it to work... The built-in display runs at 1024x768 while the 17" display uses 1280x1024. How do I configure XFree in Debian unstable to use different resolutions for different

Re: external monitor dell latitude

2003-09-19 Thread Jeff
Kenneth Macdonald Karlsen, 2003-Sep-19 14:13 +0200: > Hi all. > I have an external monitor (CRT) attached to my dell latitude at > work. I have a dreadful resolution of 60 MH on the CRT. Does anyone > know how i can have 85 HZ or better on the external monitor? I have > searched th

Re: external monitor dell latitude

2003-09-19 Thread Jeff
Kenneth Macdonald Karlsen, 2003-Sep-19 14:13 +0200: > Hi all. > I have an external monitor (CRT) attached to my dell latitude at > work. I have a dreadful resolution of 60 MH on the CRT. Does anyone > know how i can have 85 HZ or better on the external monitor? I have > searched th

external monitor dell latitude

2003-09-19 Thread Kenneth Macdonald Karlsen
Hi all. I have an external monitor (CRT) attached to my dell latitude at work. I have a dreadful resolution of 60 MH on the CRT. Does anyone know how i can have 85 HZ or better on the external monitor? I have searched the web and found two settings in the "Device" part of /etc/XF

external monitor dell latitude

2003-09-19 Thread Kenneth Macdonald Karlsen
Hi all. I have an external monitor (CRT) attached to my dell latitude at work. I have a dreadful resolution of 60 MH on the CRT. Does anyone know how i can have 85 HZ or better on the external monitor? I have searched the web and found two settings in the "Device" part of /etc/XF

Re: External monitor with Compaq Presario 1600

2003-07-08 Thread Arjen Verweij
Hrm, I do have [M] nvram support, but I'm not sure how to do what you suggested. Thanks for the tip, I'll see what I can learn about this so I might try it. Regards, Arjen On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Heather Stern wrote: > On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 11:20:02PM +0200, Arjen Verweij wrote: > > Welp, I recom

Re: External monitor with Compaq Presario 1600

2003-07-08 Thread Arjen Verweij
Hrm, I do have [M] nvram support, but I'm not sure how to do what you suggested. Thanks for the tip, I'll see what I can learn about this so I might try it. Regards, Arjen On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Heather Stern wrote: > On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 11:20:02PM +0200, Arjen Verweij wrote: > > Welp, I recom

Re: External monitor with Compaq Presario 1600

2003-07-07 Thread Heather Stern
On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 11:20:02PM +0200, Arjen Verweij wrote: > Welp, I recompiled a kernel without fb enabled, but when push comes to > shove, I can NOT swap physical displays after choosing an option (i.e. > one of the kernel image flavors) from the lilo menu. I am at a loss here. > > I'm incli

Re: External monitor with Compaq Presario 1600

2003-07-07 Thread Heather Stern
On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 11:20:02PM +0200, Arjen Verweij wrote: > Welp, I recompiled a kernel without fb enabled, but when push comes to > shove, I can NOT swap physical displays after choosing an option (i.e. > one of the kernel image flavors) from the lilo menu. I am at a loss here. > > I'm incli

Re: External monitor with Compaq Presario 1600

2003-07-07 Thread Arjen Verweij
Welp, I recompiled a kernel without fb enabled, but when push comes to shove, I can NOT swap physical displays after choosing an option (i.e. one of the kernel image flavors) from the lilo menu. I am at a loss here. I'm inclined to think that if it is possible in the lilo menu, this should be poss

Re: External monitor with Compaq Presario 1600

2003-07-07 Thread Arjen Verweij
Welp, I recompiled a kernel without fb enabled, but when push comes to shove, I can NOT swap physical displays after choosing an option (i.e. one of the kernel image flavors) from the lilo menu. I am at a loss here. I'm inclined to think that if it is possible in the lilo menu, this should be poss

Re: External monitor with Compaq Presario 1600

2003-07-03 Thread Arjen Verweij
Yes actually, I am using kernel framebuffer. But in X I am not using the kernel framebuffer. I suppose I could try a new kernel without framebuffer support. It still is a mystery why it wouldn't work in the BIOS maybe, or at least to me, and I still need a boot disk to see if it works in DOS 8) Th

Re: External monitor with Compaq Presario 1600

2003-07-03 Thread Arjen Verweij
Yes actually, I am using kernel framebuffer. But in X I am not using the kernel framebuffer. I suppose I could try a new kernel without framebuffer support. It still is a mystery why it wouldn't work in the BIOS maybe, or at least to me, and I still need a boot disk to see if it works in DOS 8) Th

t23 external monitor prob w/X|Gnome

2003-07-02 Thread Jeff Eidsness
Hello, all. I have found a bizare problem, i've been searching for answers for days and have come up empty handed... I'm using an IBM thinkpad t23 with a port replicator, connected to a kvm. When i'm using X (gdm), the external video quits if i close the lid. if i open it up, the monitor turns

Re: External monitor with Compaq Presario 1600

2003-07-02 Thread Arjen Verweij
ith W2K. My laptop has a Trident Microsystems CyberBlade i1 (rev 106) > > according to cat /proc/pci. In my XF86 config I use the "trident" driver. > > > > When I hook up an external monitor, it gets fed a signal and I can use it, > > but I would like to be abl

t23 external monitor prob w/X|Gnome

2003-07-02 Thread Jeff Eidsness
Hello, all. I have found a bizare problem, i've been searching for answers for days and have come up empty handed... I'm using an IBM thinkpad t23 with a port replicator, connected to a kvm. When i'm using X (gdm), the external video quits if i close the lid. if i open it up, the monitor turns

Re: External monitor with Compaq Presario 1600

2003-07-02 Thread Heather Stern
On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 10:28:05PM +0200, Arjen Verweij wrote: > I was playing with this some more, and I discovered that I /can/ swap > physical displays in the lilo-menu screen before I choose a boot option, > but this functionality is lost after choosing Linux. I can also swap in > W2K, but not

Re: External monitor with Compaq Presario 1600

2003-07-02 Thread Arjen Verweij
ith W2K. My laptop has a Trident Microsystems CyberBlade i1 (rev 106) > > according to cat /proc/pci. In my XF86 config I use the "trident" driver. > > > > When I hook up an external monitor, it gets fed a signal and I can use it, > > but I would like to be abl

Re: External monitor with Compaq Presario 1600

2003-07-02 Thread Heather Stern
On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 10:28:05PM +0200, Arjen Verweij wrote: > I was playing with this some more, and I discovered that I /can/ swap > physical displays in the lilo-menu screen before I choose a boot option, > but this functionality is lost after choosing Linux. I can also swap in > W2K, but not

Re: External monitor with Compaq Presario 1600

2003-06-30 Thread Heather Stern
se the "trident" driver. > > When I hook up an external monitor, it gets fed a signal and I can use it, > but I would like to be able to turn my TFT off, when I have an external > monitor attached. > > Does anyone know if this is possible yet, or that swapping physical &g

Re: External monitor with Compaq Presario 1600

2003-06-30 Thread Heather Stern
se the "trident" driver. > > When I hook up an external monitor, it gets fed a signal and I can use it, > but I would like to be able to turn my TFT off, when I have an external > monitor attached. > > Does anyone know if this is possible yet, or that swapping physical &g

External monitor with Compaq Presario 1600

2003-06-30 Thread Arjen Verweij
L.S., I am wondering if it is possible to swap physical displays in Linux like I can with W2K. My laptop has a Trident Microsystems CyberBlade i1 (rev 106) according to cat /proc/pci. In my XF86 config I use the "trident" driver. When I hook up an external monitor, it gets fed a signal

External monitor with Compaq Presario 1600

2003-06-30 Thread Arjen Verweij
L.S., I am wondering if it is possible to swap physical displays in Linux like I can with W2K. My laptop has a Trident Microsystems CyberBlade i1 (rev 106) according to cat /proc/pci. In my XF86 config I use the "trident" driver. When I hook up an external monitor, it gets fed a signal

External monitor on a Compaq Presario 1600

2003-06-29 Thread Arjen Verweij
L.S., I am wondering if it is possible to swap physical displays in Linux like I can with W2K. My laptop has a Trident Micorsystems CyberBlade i1 (rev 106) according to cat /proc/pci. In my XF86 config I use the "trident" driver. When I hook up an external monitor, it gets fed a signal

External monitor on a Compaq Presario 1600

2003-06-29 Thread Arjen Verweij
L.S., I am wondering if it is possible to swap physical displays in Linux like I can with W2K. My laptop has a Trident Micorsystems CyberBlade i1 (rev 106) according to cat /proc/pci. In my XF86 config I use the "trident" driver. When I hook up an external monitor, it gets fed a signal

external monitor on Acer TM210?

2003-05-14 Thread Jens Grivolla
Hi, I have an Acer TM 210TEV (with ALi Cyberblade chipset) and want to use the external VGA in addition to the integrated panel. The external screen goes to mirror mode when plugged in at boot time, but I found no way to change the behaviour (or just enable it at run time). With the preinstalled

Re: Using a projector or external monitor

2003-01-05 Thread Ionel Mugurel Ciobica
On 5-01-2003, at 19h 44'01", Peter wrote to debian-laptop about "Using a projector or external monitor" > > I'm running Debian on a new laptop, Best Buy's vpr matrix 200A5, and would > like to use an external monitor or projector. When I have a second L

Using a projector or external monitor

2003-01-05 Thread Peter
I'm running Debian on a new laptop, Best Buy's vpr matrix 200A5, and would like to use an external monitor or projector. When I have a second LCD connected, the display works fine in text mode. However, when I start X-windows, it goes black. I see from XFree86.0.log that the extern

Re: Using a projector or external monitor

2003-01-05 Thread Ionel Mugurel Ciobica
On 5-01-2003, at 19h 44'01", Peter wrote to debian-laptop about "Using a projector or external monitor" > > I'm running Debian on a new laptop, Best Buy's vpr matrix 200A5, and would > like to use an external monitor or projector. When I have a second L

Using a projector or external monitor

2003-01-05 Thread Peter
I'm running Debian on a new laptop, Best Buy's vpr matrix 200A5, and would like to use an external monitor or projector. When I have a second LCD connected, the display works fine in text mode. However, when I start X-windows, it goes black. I see from XFree86.0.log that the extern

Re: X & external monitor

2002-07-27 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Stefano Canepa said: > Dear all, > I have a ThinkPad 380Z with X configured to run only at 1024x768. I > need to do some presentation using external projector which runs only at > 800x600 own can I change only external monitor resolution? leaving th

X & external monitor

2002-07-27 Thread Stefano Canepa
Dear all, I have a ThinkPad 380Z with X configured to run only at 1024x768. I need to do some presentation using external projector which runs only at 800x600 own can I change only external monitor resolution? leaving the internal LCD at 1024x768. TIA Stefano -- Stefano

external monitor on siliconmotion chipset

2002-07-09 Thread Michael Hothorn
Hi there, I have Debian Woody running on an IBM Thinkpad i1200, using XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System and the following XF86config-4 lines: Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "siliconmotion" Chipset "lynxem+" EndSection Section "Screen"

Seting External monitor

2002-06-28 Thread Kautilya A
Hi, I have an IBM A22p which has a maximum resolution of 1600x1200 . I want to use an external monitor (IBM T750 1280X1024) .But I am not able to make the X support both the resolutions together for both the laptop screen and the external monitor. Any suggestions. Kautilya

Re: External Monitor on IBM Thinkpad T23

2002-04-01 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Andreas" == Andreas Locatelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andreas> Hi all! Andreas> I've got Woody installed on a T23 Thinkpad. Andreas> My problem is that I don't seem to be able to drive the Andreas> external monitor with an adequate

Re: External Monitor on IBM Thinkpad T23

2002-04-01 Thread Andreas Locatelli
yes I have... My XF config has these entries: Section "Monitor" Identifier "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" HorizSync30 - 130 VertRefresh 48.0 - 170.0 ModeLine "Sony" 157.50 1280 1344 1504 1508 1024 1025 1028 1032 +hsync + vsync Option "DPMS" EndSection

Re: External Monitor on IBM Thinkpad T23

2002-04-01 Thread Jeff
Andreas Locatelli, 2002-Apr-02 00:48 +0200: > > Hi all! > > I've got Woody installed on a T23 Thinkpad. > > My problem is that I don't seem to be able to drive the external monitor > with an adequate refresh rate. > > Even if I specify a modeline,

Re: External Monitor on IBM Thinkpad T23

2002-04-01 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Andreas" == Andreas Locatelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andreas> Hi all! Andreas> I've got Woody installed on a T23 Thinkpad. Andreas> My problem is that I don't seem to be able to drive the Andreas> external monitor with an adequate

External Monitor on IBM Thinkpad T23

2002-04-01 Thread Andreas Locatelli
Hi all! I've got Woody installed on a T23 Thinkpad. My problem is that I don't seem to be able to drive the external monitor with an adequate refresh rate. Even if I specify a modeline, or tune with Xvidtune, I always have 1280x1024/60Hz and I'd like at least 1280x1024/75Hz (8

Re: External Monitor on IBM Thinkpad T23

2002-04-01 Thread Andreas Locatelli
yes I have... My XF config has these entries: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Sony@Andiamo" HorizSync30 - 130 VertRefresh 48.0 - 170.0 ModeLine "Sony" 157.50 1280 1344 1504 1508 1024 1025 1028 1032 +hsync + vsync Option "DPMS" EndSection Sect

Re: External Monitor on IBM Thinkpad T23

2002-04-01 Thread Jeff
Andreas Locatelli, 2002-Apr-02 00:48 +0200: > > Hi all! > > I've got Woody installed on a T23 Thinkpad. > > My problem is that I don't seem to be able to drive the external monitor > with an adequate refresh rate. > > Even if I specify a modeline,

External Monitor on IBM Thinkpad T23

2002-04-01 Thread Andreas Locatelli
Hi all! I've got Woody installed on a T23 Thinkpad. My problem is that I don't seem to be able to drive the external monitor with an adequate refresh rate. Even if I specify a modeline, or tune with Xvidtune, I always have 1280x1024/60Hz and I'd like at least 1280x1024/75Hz (8

Re: Simultaneous internal/external monitor on Dell Latitude CPx

2002-02-13 Thread Olivier Crouzet
Hi, > > I'm told that this is handled by the X server, though this surprises me.> > I've never had to do any modification of XF86Config to allow swicthing> > between internal and external modes. On my Acer Extensa 501 DX (neomagic video chipset), this is handled by the X server and I added the fo

Re: Simultaneous internal/external monitor on Dell Latitude CPx

2002-02-13 Thread Olivier Crouzet
Hi, > > I'm told that this is handled by the X server, though this surprises me.> > I've never had to do any modification of XF86Config to allow swicthing> > between internal and external modes. On my Acer Extensa 501 DX (neomagic video chipset), this is handled by the X server and I added the f

Re: Simultaneous internal/external monitor on Dell Latitude CPx

2002-02-12 Thread Jeff
J. Gareth Williams, 2002-Feb-12 14:18 -0500: > Hi all, > > I was wondering if anyone was able to run both the LCD and an external > monitor simultaneously on a Dell Latitude CPx. I am able to use one or > the other, but not both. > > I'm told that this is handled by

Re: Simultaneous internal/external monitor on Dell Latitude CPx

2002-02-12 Thread Jeff
J. Gareth Williams, 2002-Feb-12 14:18 -0500: > Hi all, > > I was wondering if anyone was able to run both the LCD and an external > monitor simultaneously on a Dell Latitude CPx. I am able to use one or > the other, but not both. > > I'm told that this is handled by

Simultaneous internal/external monitor on Dell Latitude CPx

2002-02-12 Thread J. Gareth Williams
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone was able to run both the LCD and an external monitor simultaneously on a Dell Latitude CPx. I am able to use one or the other, but not both. I'm told that this is handled by the X server, though this surprises me. I've never had to do any modif

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