From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <39069D63.D3D5E404@rd.francetelecom.fr> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 09:40:19 +0200 From: FASSINO Jean-Philippe MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tim Wojtulewicz CC: LinuxPPC Subject: Re: Dual head on a Powerbook References: <3906199F.1D7F995@dana.ucc.nau.edu> <390690B1.1194EC88@rd.francetelecom.fr> <39069B12.52B2B005@dana.ucc.nau.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Tim Wojtulewicz wrote: > FASSINO Jean-Philippe wrote: > > > Tim Wojtulewicz wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to connect a projector to the monitor port on the back of my > > > powerbook, so I can do a presentation with it. Anyone have any > > > information on dual headed support on powerbooks? Pismo, LinuxPPC2000, > > > 2.2.15pre19 > > > > I'm doing this using Xpmac and booting with BootX. > > First configure external display to be primary in MacOS (be > > careful with depth color !). > > Next, start Linux which display on external monitor. > > This method work only with Xpmac and not with FBDev (3.3.x). > > I tried this just now and it didn't work. In MacOS, I have the monitor set > to 1024x768 at thousands of colors. Both monitors display the same image. > When I boot back to Linux, something flashes on the external monitor. It > says something about OF, but it disappears to fast for me to read it fully. > Then the image disappears, and nothing else appears on the external monitor. > I am using the latest (rev 9) Xpmac. Do not use same display on external and internal monitor. And set external to primary. Start Xpmac with option "-depth 32" or "-depth 16". I think you need Xpmac rev10 at : http://khendricks.ivey.uwo.ca/Xpmac/ And it must work ! JP -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jean-Philippe FASSINO France Telecom R&D : DTL/ASR Tel : 04 76 76 45 52 mailto:jeanphilippe.fassino@francetelecom.fr -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Sent via the linuxppc-dev mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/