[Openchrome-users] External monitor

[Xavier Bachelot]

>>> I have an Easynote laptop with K8M800 chipset and I am trying to use an
>>> external monitor with no luck.
>>> My monitor (actually an LCD TV attached to the VGA output) is 1360x768
> and
>>> the laptop panel is 1024x768.
>> Define what you mean by "use" :
>> - Panel and monitor in clone mode ? (This should work, but with some 
>> limitations)
>> - Panel and monitor each running their own resolution and refresh rate ? 
>> (This cannot work currently)
> 
> I want to display my desktop on external monitor (possibly at native
> resolution)
> turning off laptop panel (guess this is what's called clone mode, right?)
> 
No, clone mode is when you have the same picture duplicated on the 2 
screens, at the same resolution.

You can have only the monitor enabled and thus the panel disabled by 
adding the following line to the Device section of your xorg conf :
Option "ActiveDevice" "CRT"

>> Define "with no luck" ?
>> - Panel is blank/garbled/use the wrong resolution ?
>> - Monitor is blank/garbled/use the wrong resolution ?
> 
> Well actually nothing happens, monitor is still blank.
> I wonder if I need some extra program to switch
> video output from panel to VGA or pressing Fn+F4 is
> supported out of the box.
>
The external monitor is probably not capable to handle the resolution 
and refresh rate of your panel, and thus is displaying nothing 
(openchrome is currently only able to display the same resolution and 
refresh rate on all the outputs).
The xorg log would tell for sure.

Regards,
Xavier