On 12/12/07, François Patte <francois.patte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Lonni J Friedman a écrit : > > >> nvidia card gives priority to "CRT", the external display, so, if you > >> > plug an external screen/beamer, the display is on this one by default. > > > > That was the case for the nvidia X driver, however never for the > > hardware. And its no longer accurate for the driver. For many > > notebooks, the internal DFP is given priority. > > Nvidia readme: > > <cite> > > All mobile NVIDIA chips support TwinView. TwinView on a laptop can be > configured in the same way as on a desktop machine (please refer to > Appendix G); note that in a TwinView configuration using the laptop's > internal flat panel and an external CRT, the CRT is the primary display > device (specify its HorizSync and VertRefresh in the Monitor section of > your X config file) and the flat panel is the secondary display device > (specify its HorizSync andVertRefresh through the SecondMonitorHorizSync > and SecondMonitorVertRefreshoptions). > > </cite> Sure, but that quote has no relevance to what you were discussing originally. > > > > > I'm not sure where you got this from, but its not true. > > Maybe no longer true, if your laptop is new (mine is one year old) and > has a dvi connector. We can read in Nvidia readme: > > <cite> > > NOTE: anything attached to a 15 pin VGA connector is regarded by the > driver as a CRT. "DFP" should only be used to refer to digital flat > panels connected via a DVI port. > > </cite> Again, that has nothing to do with your original statement. You've proven that you can read the README, but you apparently don't understand it very well. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
