John, I have exactly the same laptop and I got it working... so see the attached file for the configuration. Once you have the external monitor or beamer on, you will have to press Fn+F4 and some key, then the screen will appear. Btw, I have the 4496 version of the driver installed. The higher versions give problems for me. Currently I am not on my laptop, but I also have a configuration file for the S-Video port. This works very good too. If you want that, just let me know. Do you have other equipment working on the laptop? Like the modem and the infra-red devices? I had no time to look into them, but would like some help with configuring them. - Jeroen On Thursday 26 February 2004 17:32, John Paul wrote: > Hi, > I don't if I'm at the right support address but I would configure a > laptop with nvidia GForce2MX card under Linux RedHat 9. > > I've download the last pkg.run from the nvidia server and installed it > without any matter. I set in the XF86Config file "Driver" "nvidia" > rather than "Driver" "nv". > The laptop display works fine but I'm not able to use the external > connector with a video projector. I got a random text screen in majority > blue on the external screen when I used the "nv" driver. If I use the > "nvidia" driver, the LCD works but the CRT seems to be in error and > remains blacK. > So, I've tried to set the TwinView Option without any success. > > Is it a matter with the material itself. We have some identical laptop > with exactly the same problem. > > For now, I resolved temporarily the presentation matter by the use of > the vesa driver. So, I lose all the advantages of fast video card. > > I 've joined to this mail the XF86Config + the XFree86.0.log > > John
# XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86 Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally # no need to change the default. # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" FontPath "unix/:7100" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "fbdevhw" Load "glx" Load "record" Load "freetype" Load "type1" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3" # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. # Option "XkbDisable" # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. # keyboard, you will probably want to use: # Option "XkbModel" "pc102" # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use: # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft" # # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting. # For example, a german layout can be obtained with: # Option "XkbLayout" "de" # or: # Option "XkbLayout" "de" # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" # # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and # control keys, use: # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" # Or if you just want both to be control, use: # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps" # Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "gb" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then # this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you # also use USB mice at the same time. Identifier "DevInputMice" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "LS902U" HorizSync 30.0 - 96.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0 Option "dpms" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor1" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Flatpanel" HorizSync 0.0 - 100.0 VertRefresh 0.0 - 100.0 Option "dpms" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "Videocard vendor" BoardName "nVidia GeForce 2 Go" Option "NvAgp" "3" Option "NoLogo" "true" Option "TwinView" "true" #Option "IgnoreEDID" "true" Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "0-100" Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "0-100" Option "MetaModes" "1024x768,1024x768" Option "TwinViewOrientation" "clone" Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV-0, DFP-0" #Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV-0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" Group 0 Mode 0666 EndSection
