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* Re: External Monitor under Pismo
@ 2001-04-04  9:21 Iain Sandoe
  2001-04-04 17:01 ` Andrew Sharp
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 43+ messages in thread
From: Iain Sandoe @ 2001-04-04  9:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tuomas Kuosmanen, E.  Jason  Stewart
  Cc: Andrew Sharp, E.  Jason  Stewart, debian-powerpc, stewart.sadler,
	linuxppc-dev


>> 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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2001-04-04  9:21 External Monitor under Pismo Iain Sandoe
2001-04-04 17:01 ` 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
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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

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