[SATLUG] ATI Radeon on a laptop
Jeremy Mann
jeremymann at gmail.com
Tue Dec 5 08:26:58 CST 2006
Thanks guys. After googling some more I came across a website that
said that you could run the external monitor port a different
resolution, refresh rate and as a seperate screen. This is exactly
what we're looking for.
On 12/5/06, John Pappas <j at jvpappas.net> wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 20:16 -0600, John Ziriax wrote:
> > On 12/4/06, Jeremy Mann <jeremymann at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hey all, I need somebody with a laptop that has an ATI Radeon Mobility
> > > chipset to check something for me. I need to find out if you can drive
> > > the external VGA port as another screen, not as a clone. I know NVIDIA
> > > can do this but can only find vague information online on the Radeon.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jeremy
> >
> >
> > Jermey
> >
> > I have a Viao laptop with a Mobility Radeon video card running Debian unstable.
> >
> > I have to apologize for not remembering the procedure for setting it
> > up, but all the files came off the Debian tree. There is an ATI
> > Control panel (read GUI) which lets you control the internal and
> > external monitors.
> >
> > I ran the both monitors for a while, but the larger external monitor
> > won out. Here's a clip of the relevant sections of the xorg.conf
> > file. I found this somewhere on the internet and just fooled with it
> > until it worked. I have the fglrx-control, -driver, and -kernel-src
> > version 8.28.8-4 installed.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > John
> <<INSERT>>>
>
> I have an IBM T43p with SUSE 10.1 and the Proprietary ATI Drivers from
> www2.ati.com/suse installed.
>
> The fglrx (also proprietary) control provides the needed functionality,
> in my case through sax2 (Suse X Config tool).
>
> >
> > Section "Monitor"
> > Identifier "Monitor0"
> > VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
> > ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x800"
> > Option "dpms"
> > HorizSync 28-103
> > VertRefresh 40-110
> > Gamma 1.0 1.0 1.0
> > # external clone monitor
> > # HorizSync2 30.0 - 82.0
> > # VertRefresh2 50.0 - 75.0
> > # must use "xset dpms 300 0 0" for DPMS
> > Modeline "1400x1050" 107.85 1400 1450 1500 1999 1050 1058 1070 1150
> > Modeline "1400x1050" 122.00 1400 1464 1784 1912 1050 1052 1064 1090
> > -HSync -VSync
> > # 1400x1050 @ 74.37Hz, 81.1 kHz HSync
> > ModeLine "1400x1050" 155.00 1400 1464 1784 1912 1050 1052 1064 1090
> > -HSync -VSync
> > # 1400x1050 @ 91.00Hz, 99.19 kHz HSync
> > ModeLine "1400x1050" 189.65 1400 1464 1784 1912 1050 1052 1064 1090
> > -HSync -VSync
> > # 1280x1024 & 75Hz
> > Modeline "1280x1024-75" 135 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066
> > +HSync +VSync
> > # 1280x1024 & 60Hz
> > Modeline "1280x1024-60" 108 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066
> > +HSync +VSync
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Device"
> > Identifier "Videocard0"
> > Driver "fglrx"
> > VendorName "Videocard vendor"
> > BoardName "ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 M10"
> > Option "BusType" "PCI"
> > #0731
> > ### Available Driver options are:-
> > ### 2D ACCELLERATION
> > Option "RenderAccel" "yes" # hardware Render acceleration
> > Option "BackinStore" "yes" # prevent artifacts
> > ### 3D ACCELLERATION
> > Option "EnablePageFlip" "yes" # Improves performance
> > Option "AGPFastWrite" "yes" #
> > Option "AGPMode" "4" # Supports AGP Nx
> >
> > # Option "CRTScreen" # ? Castillo ? (broken!)
> > # these "clone"s are experimental (D.J.Barry at cornell)
> > # turns the external monitor on even without a unit attached
> > Option "CloneDisplay" "2"
> > # syncs for the external video -- now can operate independently
> > Option "CloneHSync" "30-82"
> > Option "CloneVRefresh" "50-75"
> > # force an external mode -- DDC detection on some projectors does not work
> > # for 1024x768 on both, use "1024x786" "Modes" in "Screen" below also
> > # Option "CloneMode" "1280x1024" "1024x786"
> > # Option "NoAccel"
> > # Option "SWcursor"
> > Option "HWcursor"
> > Option "Dac6Bit"
> > Option "Dac8Bit"
> > # Option "ForcePCIMode"
> > Option "CCEPIOMode"
> > Option "CCENoSecurity"
> > Option "CCEusecTimeout"
> > Option "AGPSize"
> > Option "RingSize"
> > Option "VBListSize"
> > Option "VBSize"
> > # Option "UseCCEfor2D"
> > Option "PanelWidth"
> > Option "PanelHeight"
> > ##Option "UseFBDev"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Screen"
> > Identifier "Screen0"
> > Device "Videocard0"
> > Monitor "Monitor0"
> > Option "DesktopSetup" "Clone"
> >
> > # Device "ATI Radeon R300"
> > # Monitor "LCD Panel internal"
> >
> > # 24 bits is the nice default setup
> > DefaultDepth 24
> > DefaultFbBpp 32
> > # -- OR --
> > # use depth 16 if you want DRI/DRM/GL acceleration
> > #DefaultDepth 16
> >
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 8
> > Modes "1280x800" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > EndSubSection
> >
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 16
> > Modes "1280x800" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > EndSubSection
> >
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 24
> > Modes "1680x1050" "1280x800" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > EndSubSection
> >
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 32
> > Modes "1680x1050" "1280x800" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > EndSubSection
> > EndSection
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > John
>
> --
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