Problems with DVI+LCD on IBM ThinkPad T42p (ATI Technologies Inc M10 NT [FireGL Mobility T2])

[Martin Knoblauch]

--- Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 7/26/05, Martin Knoblauch <spamtrap at knobisoft.de> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > 
> >  Any ideas? I am using xorg-6.8.2 as shipped by FC3 and the
> "radeon"
> > driver". The (I belive) relevant part of the xorg.conf is:
> > 
> > Section "Device"
> >         Identifier      "RADEON"
> >         Driver          "radeon"
> >         Option  "BusType"       "AGP"
> > #       Option  "MonitorLayout" "TDMS,AUTO"
> >         Option  "MonitorLayout" "TMDS,LVDS"
> > EndSection
> > 
> >  If I use the commented out MonitorLayout, the notebook LCD comes
> up
> > clean, but the DVI display stays dark.
> > 
> >  I also tried the proprietary "fglrx" driver, but that is not
> working
> > at all with the DVI display.
> > 
> 
> the xorg radeon driver doesn't support similateous internal TMDS and
> LVDS at the same time yet.  I've been working on supporting that, but

 hmm. In my case it isn't really a question of "simultaneous"
operation. I have the artifact in the overlay plane when the LVDS is
alone.

> I've been real busy catching up on things since I got back from
> vacation, so I haven't had time to work on it lately:
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3621
>

 I looked at the description an it looks promising. At least worth a
try. Newbee question: how to build the radeon driver alone?

> I've got some new stuff in the pipeline though, so I should have an
> updated patch relatively soon.
> 

 Cool.

Cheers
Martin

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