Ship along your log from /var/log/XFree86.0.log and your config. Alan. On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 02:49:44AM -0500, 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, and I hope someone here can > help. Here is what I have tried so far. > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > 4) I thought I might configure XF86 to drive the external display in the > config file, but the few things I tried failed. > > 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. I really would like > to solve that problem too. > > Thank you very much, > -- L > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
