-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, on 02/05/04 08:49, L. Jensen wrote: > I want to be able to use an external monitor with an Asus M3N laptop with i855 > chipset and integrated 64MB Intel graphics. The laptop has a SXGA+ 1400x1050 > lcd, but so I still cannot use that resolution. I have still been unable to get > an acceptable display on an external monitor, well, I'm working on an external DellP1110 at 1600x1200, as you can from the screenshot on my report. To use internal and external resolution >1024x768 you should enable AGPgart/DRM/DRI support, if you don't know how, please read the instructions on my report at http://luca.pca.it/projects/asus/m3410c.php > 1) The FnF8 key is supposed to toggle between lcd, lcd+crt, crt. For me it > switches between lcd-only and crt-only but is never usable (even switching > back: lcd->crt->lcd). In the best case the desktop is displayed below a band > of noise at the top of the screen and with its bottom cut off. Other times > the whole display is a mess. Switching to another vt and back will restore > the display to good condition on the lcd. This is the same for me. > 2) There is a tool called i810switch which writes to a location in /dev/mem. > This successfully activates the external crt when it is attached. > Unfortunately the display is out of focus and some monitors report the signal > as out of range. The tool can turn off the monitor too, but cannot activate > the lcd on an i855. Again, same here. > 3) The asus_acpi project provides a kernel module and /proc interface. > Reading from /proc/asus/acpi/disp should give a number related the current > display state, and writing to the file should change the state. Remarkably, > a simple read of the file will distort the lcd by putting the band of noise > at the top of the display. Nothing I write to the file has any affect. Same here, but from the 'acpi4asus-0.27' README: ===== 4.1.1 Display switching Note: the display switching code is currently considered EXPERIMENTAL. Switching works for the following models: L3800C A2500H L5800C Switching doesn't work for the following: M3700N L2X00D (locks the laptop under certain conditions) ===== > 4) I thought I might configure XF86 to drive the external display in the > config file, but the few things I tried failed. Do you mean trying Xinerama? It doesn't work in my case and nobody seems to have a solution ATM. > Any ideas how to get this to work? If #4 has a chance and you want to see my > config, just ask. BTW, of course I suffer from the unavailability of > 1400x1050 in the BIOS, so I am using 1280x1024 for now. Try enabling AGPgart/DRM/DRI. BTW, I already posted in this list about some problems of these, here the link: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=107153000500004&r=1&w=2 Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Debian - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFAIhMsVAp7Xm10JmkRAv03AJ4/0X6MP/egeZS3TN04ootMe4vU/QCeKMmY AFstSzmYB4OQQroNjpOo3M4= =WDB2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
