From: "Iain Sandoe" <iain@sandoe.co.uk>
To: Tuomas Kuosmanen <tigert@ximian.com>,
"E. Jason Stewart" <jason@openinformatics.com>
Cc: Andrew Sharp <andy@netfall.com>,
"E. Jason Stewart" <jason@openinformatics.com>,
debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org, stewart.sadler@roke.co.uk,
linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: External Monitor under Pismo
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 10:21:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010404092143.EFE4C2F01B@apollo.valhalla.net> (raw)
>> Since I'm mirroring the LCD I only get 1024x768, and the pismo can
>> drive a 1600x1200@16 bit depth. So what needs to happen to aty128fb.c
>> to support the external monitor, and what can I do to make it happen??
>>
>
> That is beyond *me* but maybe someone else knows. I am just the artist
> dude 'round the corner who likes to hack with perl and stuff.. :-)
>
> I think there is no support for the external monitor in that sense in
> the driver. In macos it can do real dualhead, so that would be possible
> at least in theory, and it would be pretty nice. But currently I think
> the mirrored display is all we have for Pismo. Which works nice for
> projectors though.
My understanding is that it still needs adding - as a first step you need
someone who has signed the NDA to get the specs for the ATI chips... and
understands how to write X servers... ;-)
you could try asking Ani Joshi?
ciao,
Iain.
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next reply other threads:[~2001-04-04 9:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-04-04 9:21 Iain Sandoe [this message]
2001-04-04 17:01 ` External Monitor under Pismo Andrew Sharp
2001-04-04 18:43 ` Jason E. Stewart
2001-04-04 18:01 ` Michel Dänzer
2001-04-04 19:28 ` Jason E. Stewart
2001-04-04 21:45 ` Michel Dänzer
2001-04-04 23:19 ` Jason E. Stewart
2001-04-04 22:22 ` Michel Dänzer
2001-04-05 19:55 ` Jason E. Stewart
2001-04-05 19:48 ` Michel Dänzer
2001-04-05 21:49 ` Jason E. Stewart
2001-04-05 23:46 ` Jason E. Stewart
2001-04-05 23:28 ` Michel Dänzer
2001-04-06 3:04 ` Steven Hanley
[not found] ` <87itjmf7lf.fsf_-_@amadeus.openinformatics.com>
2001-04-30 23:03 ` Success! (was Re: External Monitor under Pismo) Michel Dänzer
2001-05-04 2:10 ` Jason E. Stewart
2001-05-03 22:18 ` Michel Dänzer
2001-05-04 9:08 ` Jason E. Stewart
2001-05-04 12:05 ` Michel Dänzer
2001-05-04 17:14 ` Jason E. Stewart
2001-05-04 17:16 ` Jason E. Stewart
2001-05-05 1:37 ` Michel Dänzer
2001-05-05 9:38 ` Jason E. Stewart
2001-05-05 17:59 ` Michel Dänzer
2001-05-05 21:14 ` Jason E. Stewart
2001-05-06 13:32 ` Michel Dänzer
2001-05-06 21:55 ` Jason E. Stewart
2001-05-07 8:15 ` Michel Dänzer
2001-05-04 12:29 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-05-04 13:34 ` Sven LUTHER
2001-05-04 13:57 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-05-04 14:06 ` Sven LUTHER
2001-05-04 14:13 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-05-04 14:14 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2001-05-04 14:23 ` Sven LUTHER
2001-05-04 14:54 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-05-04 15:05 ` Ramprasad Rao
2001-05-04 15:09 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-05-04 15:17 ` Ramprasad Rao
2001-05-04 20:50 ` Michael Schmitz
2001-05-05 1:03 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2001-05-05 18:49 ` Michael Schmitz
2001-05-04 17:10 ` Jason E. Stewart
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-04-04 17:29 External Monitor under Pismo Iain Sandoe
2001-04-05 1:58 ` Andrew Sharp
2001-04-05 5:55 ` Jason E. Stewart
2001-04-02 20:18 Jason E. Stewart
2001-04-03 11:24 ` Andrew Sharp
2001-04-03 15:15 ` Tuomas Kuosmanen
2001-04-04 1:12 ` Steven Hanley
2001-04-04 2:03 ` Jason E. Stewart
2001-04-04 8:38 ` Tuomas Kuosmanen
2001-04-03 18:08 ` Jason E. Stewart
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