At 5:14 PM -0800 12/12/07, Lonni J Friedman wrote: >On 12/12/07, François Patte <francois.patte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Lonni J Friedman a écrit : >> >> >> 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. >> >> Nvidia readme: >> >> <cite> >> >> All mobile NVIDIA chips support TwinView. TwinView on a laptop can be >> configured in the same way as on a desktop machine (please refer to >> Appendix G); note that in a TwinView configuration using the laptop's >> internal flat panel and an external CRT, the CRT is the primary display >> device (specify its HorizSync and VertRefresh in the Monitor section of >> your X config file) and the flat panel is the secondary display device >> (specify its HorizSync andVertRefresh through the SecondMonitorHorizSync >> and SecondMonitorVertRefreshoptions). >> >> </cite> > >Sure, but that quote has no relevance to what you were discussing originally. > >> >> > >> > I'm not sure where you got this from, but its not true. >> >> Maybe no longer true, if your laptop is new (mine is one year old) and >> has a dvi connector. We can read in Nvidia readme: >> >> <cite> >> >> NOTE: anything attached to a 15 pin VGA connector is regarded by the >> driver as a CRT. "DFP" should only be used to refer to digital flat >> panels connected via a DVI port. >> >> </cite> > >Again, that has nothing to do with your original statement. You've >proven that you can read the README, but you apparently don't >understand it very well. Proof? Support your contention with facts. -- ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
