[Openchrome-users] External Monitor / Projector

[Xavier Bachelot]

wj313 wrote:
> External Monitor / Projector Hi forum,
> 
> I'm using the openchrome driver (svn rev. 426) and have some trouble
> to setup an external monitor / projector at this particular notebook.
> 
Revision 426 is old and is from a branch that is now discarded. This can 
possibly explain the need for the ForcePanel option you explain below. 
Please use release 0.2.902 or svn trunk.

> 
> Regardless of how I configure xorg.conf manually, the I can't figure
> out how to configure the device to let the external monitor have a
> different resolution as the main panel of the notebook.
> 
> How does a common xorg.conf looks like to setup the external monitor
> (at a different resolution)?
> 
It is currently not possible to drive 2 displays at different
resolution. However, this is being worked on.

> Remark: I have to use "Option "ForcePanel" "on" " to get a correct
> graphic output in first place.
> 
This at least could probably be fixed.

> lspci shows: 1106:3371 (rev 01)

I'd need the subsystem id too (lspci -vn | grep -A1 VGA) and the exact
brand and model of your laptop in order to fix the issue above.

Regards,
Xavier