On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Dan Mergens wrote: > Yes. That works! Thank you. However, when I stop X, the display is blank > in text mode. Same behavior when I run XFree86 and exit. Did you startx when the console was on the panel or on the CRT? For GeForce2 Go, the driver doesn't know which the text mode was on, so it restores the panel, which is usually correct. It doesn't have that problem on newer chips. So if it's GeForce2 Go and you startx X when the text mode is on the panel, it should restore the panel correctly when quiting regardless of whether X was displaying on the panel or on an external monitor, but if you start X when the text mode is on the panel, that will probably not restore the text mode correctly. Or at least that's the way I thought it worked. I haven't played with a GeForce2 Go in a long time. The NVIDIA binary drivers probably work better in this regard. > > BTW - Is there documentation somewhere for those options? The man page for "nv" Mark. > > Mark Vojkovich wrote: > > >You can usually get an external CRT to work by forcing: > > > > Option "CrtcNumber" "0" > > Option "FlatPanel" "0" > > > >In the XF86Config file. If that's not working I'd like to see > >the /var/log/XFree86.0.log from the case where it comes up normally > >on the flat panel. If the external monitor is a DFP, the "nv" driver > >won't work unless the laptop booted to the external panel. > > > > > > Mark. > > > > > >On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Dan Mergens wrote: > > > > > > > >>I configured my Dell laptop with RedHat Linux 9.0. It has an nVidia > >>video card. Then I've undertaken the daunting task of configuring the > >>external display. I tried running redhat-config-xfree86 and the > >>graphical window doesn't come up (garbled noise). I tried running > >>XFree86 -configure and using that XFConfig86 file. When I ran XFree86 to > >>test it, I got a blank screen. Each time X fails to load, my terminal > >>resets the top line to the last line used, running commands off the > >>bottom of the monitor. > >> > >>Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'm about to go back and figure > >>out my version of XFree86 and try connecting to my monitor directly > >>(instead of through the docking station)l. > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Dan > >> _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
