From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 15:25:19 -0800 From: mutex To: Ken Offer Cc: linuxppcdev Subject: Re: Video mirroring with radeon mobility 9600 Message-ID: <20031028232518.GD25007@heliosphan.futuretel.com> Reply-To: mutex References: <6EA3E629-099A-11D8-B1A5-000393467F1A@arlut.utexas.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <6EA3E629-099A-11D8-B1A5-000393467F1A@arlut.utexas.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 04:59:49PM -0600 or thereabouts, Ken Offer wrote: > > Anyone out there had any luck getting video mirroring to work on the > 2003 15" PowerBook? i have a 9000 and i have gotten mirroring working in X only. BenH can respond more in depth... but what I have found is that you: 1) plug in the external video 2) modify X config to have an alternate resolution, that is what is required by the external source 3) start X with modified X config, and it 'just works' this worked for me.. i can post my config file somewhere if you like. > My modified 2.4 kernel won't mirror. > I've tried the latest radeon driver from the 2.6 kernel and I can't get > it to work either. > > The yaconf boot parameters I used under the 2.6 were: > > append="hdc=ide-scsi video=radeonfb:dfp,mirror" my experience is that the mirror option just plain doesn't work. > I hooked up a flat-screen monitor to the laptop via a digital-to-vga > cable. When mirroring is suppose to come on, I get something which > looks like Open-Firmware text on the other monitor. > > I've tried modifying m3mirror to access the radeon driver. It appears > to turn the lcd and crt displays on and off, but it still doesn't > mirror. I'm still stuck with the OpenFirmware display. iirc m3mirror is for r128 chips. ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/