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 ??
# 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.
I can use "crt_display" but it's really not what I'm after .....
# In situations where the driver is to simultaneously display on both
a panel and a CRT, the same image will be seen on both. In particular, this means the CRT must be able to synchronise with the timings of the panel's native resolution. This is quite evident when the panel has ``odd-ball'' dimensions, such as 1400x1050, a resolution not commonly possible on CRTs or projection equipment.
Anyone knows .... seen this before ?
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