On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, ulf andreasson wrote: > I got the above laptop, running XFree86 4.2.0 worked fine both with > Solaris and Redhat but since I tried to upgrade to 4.3.0 (i.e. upgrade > XFree on solaris and installing suse 8.1 it all works except that the > external vga port can't be used by hitting [Fn] + [F8] :(
> I reverted back to 4.2.0 in solaris and functionallity is back ...... > I have tried several options in /etc/X11/XFconfig, upgraded the laptop's > BIOS but still don't seem to be able to use 4.3.0 with the system > I can see below mentioned on http://www.xfree86.org/4.3.0/ati7.html so > does that mean I shouldn't expect to be able to switch to my external > vga port ?? That's correct. And for the reasons stated. > > # The use of a laptop's hot-keys to switch displays while this driver > > is active can cause lockups and/or other woes, and is therefore not > > recommended. It is not currently possible to solve this problem. Marc. +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Marc Aurele La France | work: 1-780-492-9310 | | Computing and Network Services | fax: 1-780-492-1729 | | 352 General Services Building | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | University of Alberta +-----------------------------------+ | Edmonton, Alberta | | | T6G 2H1 | Standard disclaimers apply | | CANADA | | +----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ XFree86 Core Team member. ATI driver and X server internals. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
