From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 18:29:57 +0100 Subject: Re: External Monitor under Pismo From: "Iain Sandoe" To: Andrew Sharp Cc: Tuomas Kuosmanen , "E. Jason Stewart" , debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org, stewart.sadler@roke.co.uk, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-Id: <20010404172943.E1AD92EFBC@apollo.valhalla.net> Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: > One has to question whether anyone would be interested in adding > this to a frame buffer driver, assuming that it isn't already > there. because it's useful? ;-) >Perhaps you would be able to get a lot more direct info from > another list, like one dedicated more to laptops or X. well maybe.. - whoever asked the original question? ;-) > I've actually seen an XF86Config for driving the external monitor at > different resolution(s) from the LCD, but I can't find that info at > the moment. I don't know if it works with the frame buffer > server/driver, but I know that it works with the mach64 server for > 3.3.6. If I could find it, it would be worth trying.... yes - mach64 (IIRC OK on Lombard) - but the Pismo has the later chip set which isn't done yet (AFAIK). Iain. ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/