From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 07:07:56 +0100 From: Costantino Pistagna To: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org Subject: Re: ibook G4 Status Report Message-ID: <20040212060756.GG2200@adapter.n0skillz.org> Reply-To: cpistagna@vrlteam.org References: <27203D60-5B28-11D8-A96D-000A95B30208@vrlteam.org> <1076361029.763.13.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1076361029.763.13.camel@gaston> Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 08:10:30AM +1100, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > You have a VGA or DVI output ? VGA I think ? It should work with > Michel Danzer packages but it will be an analog output, not as good > as a fully digital. yep, you're right! I was unhappy in my previous message. I've an analog VGA monitor connected to my ibook. All i want to do is use my external CRT monitor with X or consoleFB. I've googled for "Michel Danzer", but without any success at all. any clues ? > XFree doesn't drive properly a DVI output on a laptop yet, though > I got it to work with a small userland hack I use to "fix" the chip > after X configured it ;) no matter for DVI output, yet. thanks at all. > Note that you may also have a problem with XFree not setting the proper > divider for your internal panel when used without UseFBDev. Same issue, > I have a userland "fix" for that since fixing it in XFree itself isn't > quite simple at this point. I've noticed this problem. the only way to get XFree working properly, is to use the UseFBDev directive into XF86Config. Unfortunately, this directive seems to get in troubles with dualhead XF86Config (i've used the one that i'm using in my desktop, equipped with a Rage128): the panels are waiting for something with a black screen. If it's usefull, i'm using an XFree 4.3.0 binary merged with gentoo/ppc. cheers, -- [ Costantino Pistagna (PhD) :: unict :: dmi ] [ gpg key on pgp.mit.edu :: keyid 1d67b4dd ] ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/