On 12/13/07, François Patte <francois.patte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Lonni J Friedman a écrit : > > 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 just said that when I plug an external monitor (whatever LCD or CRT) > on the VGA plug of my laptop, the display is on this external display > and *not* on the LCD panel of the laptop at boot time and I have to > switch the display (to LCD or LCD+CRT) using the keys (Fn-F5 on > Toshiba). And it is always like this (Toshiba, Dell, Sony). But you > maybe have another meaning for "primary". Again, you're confusing hardware behavior & driver behavior. The two are not necessarily the same. > > > > >>> 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. > > I just wanted to say, using this statement (and it works like this for > me since fc4), that in the xorg.conf file the values put on the line > "CRT" are for the configuration of the external monitor whatever it is, > LCD or CRT or beamer. And this is incorrect. If the external display is a DFP, its going to be treated as such. An external display device is not always a CRT.
