-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, on 02/06/04 21:54, Luca Capello wrote: > In order to use the CRT, this *must* be connected when X starts and you > should 'startx' from a console *on* the CRT (I mean, boot on console, > switch to CRT with Fn+F8 and then log in and 'startx'). well, this isn't completely correct: in fact, when I come at work, I just switch to the CRT with Fn+F8 when the 'lilo menu' appears and automatically I get my GNOME 2.4 at 1600x1200 on the external CRT. I made more and deeper tests, here the results... - - using the 'vesafb' or 'nofb' for the console doesn't change the behaviour of 'i810switch', which enables the CRT, but the screen on CRT is flow and you can't use it - - 'fbdev' driver on X - ---------------------- let me correctly switch with Fn+F8, but the screen isn't usable at all, due to the fact that you've only a set of colors (purple and some red and green). - - 'vesa' driver on X - --------------------- 1) if I 'startx' from LCD, with Fn+F8 I can successfully switch to CRT@1024x768 and the contrary without no 'top-garbage' bands or something similar. This isn't the case for 800x600 or 640x480, where the screen is unusable: I get a lot of lines coming from all the windows I've opened on GNOME 2.4. 2) if I 'startx' from the CRT, however, I can't swtich to LCD with Fn+F8, as I get no screen or a lot of garbage/lines coming from the other windows (actually, the behaviour varies with the resolution I've on the CRT before switching). In this case, switching to a console and then back to X solves the problem. - - 'i810' driver on X - --------------------- Even if I 'startx' from LCD, I get the problem described by Lieven Buts: ====== on 02/05/04 09:02, Lieven Buts wrote: > When I use the Fn-F8 key combination to switch between the on-board LCD and > the external monitor on the VGA port, the entire display moves down by about > 50 pixels, and the upper band of the screen is filled with garbage. The mouse > cursor doesn't move with the screen contents, leaving it out of vertical > sync. Switching to a text console (Ctrl-Alt-F1) and back (Alt-F7) restores > the display to normal. ====== So, IMHO there're 2 problems: - - one is the Fn+F8 switch, I mean, we can't have LCD > CRT > LCD+CRT. This is strange, because IIRC an ASUS M2N user privately reported me that he can use LCD+CRT on his machine (which is quite the same as the ASUS M3N, Intel Centrino + Intel 82855GM). I can dig in my mail archive to find out that user and his mail, if necessary. - - the other problem is the 'i810' X driver, which doesn't let you switch to CRT and the contrary (while with the 'vesa' driver you can). Possible solutions? Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Debian - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFAJTF+VAp7Xm10JmkRApY+AJ91UEEzUEbou9Fm0vbxjv9X/NsZJgCbBXDc eK/8jbIZDnkCmXY1JECW2Zs= =XopF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
