On 12/12/07, François Patte <francois.patte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Martin Marques a écrit : > > François Patte escribió: > >> > >> Yes you will have to. There are 2 problems (as far as I can see on my > >> laptop (Toshiba qosmio)): > > > > Did you configure xorg.conf by hand or did you use the nvidia-setting tool? > > By hand. > > > > >> 1- toggle LCD only, beamer Only, both. This is done with some Fn-F* key > >> and this must be done *before* loading the nvidia driver ie. you have to > >> do it during the "grub" sequence. > > > > This didn't work for me. :-( > > At least it should work during BIOS sequence... did you try to put a > looooooong time for grub before booting the default OS? > > nvidia card gives priority to "CRT", the external display, so, if you > plug an external screen/beamer, the display is on this one by default. That was the case for the nvidia X driver, however never for the hardware. And its no longer accurate for the driver. For many notebooks, the internal DFP is given priority. > Try to put a long time before booting in grub.conf then, once you get > the display on your external device toggle the Fn-F* keys. On my laptop > this is done using Fn-F5 and I get this cycle: > > CRT-->LCD-->nothing-nowhere(?)-->LCD-->LCD+CRT (at last) > > On dell laptop this is Fn-F8, on compaq, I don't know. > > > > >> 2- you must have a specific xorg.conf with twinview enabled. > > > > Ahhh. > > Here are the modified sections: > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > ModelName "LCD Panel 1024x768" > HorizSync 31.5 - 50.0 > VertRefresh 56.0 - 65.0 > Option "dpms" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "nvidia" > Option "TwinView" "True" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Videocard0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 24 > Option "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "TRUE" > Option "ModeValidation" "DFP-0: NoVesaModes" > Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone" > Option "MetaModes" "CRT-0: 1024x768, DFP-0: 1024x768" > Option "HorizSync" "CRT-0: 50-100; DFP-0: 31.5-50" > Option "VertRefresh" "CRT-0: 60-120; DFP-0: 60" > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > EndSubSection > EndSection > > > Comments. > > 1- You must be careful with HorizSync and VertRefresh values you could > destroy your panel with wrong values... Not with the nvidia driver, unless the EDID in the panel is wrong. > > 2- As I said, CRT stands for "external device" even if it is a LCD panel. I'm not sure where you got this from, but its not true. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx LlamaLand https://netllama.linux-sxs.org
