radeon 9000 (rv250) dvi 1920x1200 troubles
Andre Puschmann
andre.puschmann at stud.tu-ilmenau.de
Wed May 14 13:40:46 PDT 2008
Alex Deucher wrote:
> On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Andre Puschmann
> <andre.puschmann at stud.tu-ilmenau.de> wrote:
>> Alex Deucher wrote:
>> > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Andre Puschmann
>> > <andre.puschmann at stud.tu-ilmenau.de> wrote:
>> >> Hey guys,
>> >>
>> >> sorry for waisting this thread again.
>> >> Unfortunately, I am still having problems with permanently adding the
>> >> configuration to the Xorg settings.
>> >>
>> >> I added the modeline to my xorg.conf and also set "PreferredMode" but it
>> >> doesn't work. I also tried to disable DDC (at the display and at xorg.conf).
>> >>
>> >> However, I am still getting something like this:
>> >>
>> >> (**) RADEON(0): Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1200"
>> >> (WW) RADEON(0): Option "PreferredMode" is not used
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Any hints?
>> >
>> > You'll have to add the option and modeline to the monitor section
>> > associated with the output in question since your card supports
>> > multiple outputs. see this page for more info:
>> > http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/dualhead.html
>>
>> Ah, I see.
>> That works excellent, except the fact that I have to disable the
>> internal output manually using "xrandr --output LVDS --off".
>>
>> I am not sure If it is possible switch between two settings.
>> - Laptop standalone with no external monitor
>> - Laptop with external monitor, Laptop display switched off
>
> you can add:
> Option "Disable" "TRUE"
> to the monitor section for LVDS if you don't want the LVDS to be on by default.
> Alternatively, you can set the following option:
> Option "IgnoreLidStatus" "FALSE"
> which will use the acpi /proc lid status to to decide whether to
> enable LVDS or not. Note, the acpi bioses are broken on many systems
> so YMMV.
I tried both options. But they don't work.
I used to have a small shell script on my desktop which did the trick
with the lvds when there was a DVI connected.
At the moment it seems ok for me to refurbish that one.
But maybe I spent some more time later on this topic.
Anyways, thanks very much Alex.
Best regards,
Andre
> Alex
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