Bryan,
I have the Nvidia chipset. Geforce2 go. Under XP I see a selection for "Nview display mode" and I select to try to find something that will show me refresh rates, scan rates etc... but I dont see where that is.
Can you be more specific about how to view that information so I attempt to duplicate that under X and CentOS.
THanks,
Jerry
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Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos> wrote:
/ I have a dell inspiron 8200 laptop running centos 4.1 just
/>/ fine. I want to connect it to an external 32 inch LCD. />/ This laptop is dual boot windows. I set windows up to />/ 1024x768 and connected the LCD - it worked just />/ fine. LCD max is 1333x768 />/ I then booted Centos 4.1 and set X to be 1024x768 also. />/ rebooted the laptop just ot make sure. />/ I then connected the LCD and it says can't display it... />/ Any ideas on how I might get the LCD to display CentOS X? / Depends on the GPU chipset.
If it's an nVidia Go Mobile, you can use the nView features of the Standardware (Open Standard, Proprietary Source) drivers. It will let you set the _exact_ scan ranges of your 32" LCD TV (I assume it's a LCD TV, given the size/scan range), as well as the geometry for the 2nd head.
If it's an Intel i855G/915G, then I've had a real hissy fit with mine. I can't seem to get the i855G/915G to do anything under Linux except send the _exact_same_ scan rate as it's using for the LCD. E.g., on my Toshiba Satelitte M35 series, it sends the _exact_same_ scan rate out the miniDB15 as it uses for the LCD. I have _never_ seen that with any other notebook I've ever used with a non-i8xx/9xx GPU (they always send VESA-standard output signals).
So unless I don't know about some Intel tools out there for Linux, I hate'em. ;->
Never tried ATI Radeon Mobility.
On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 16:49 -0500, Jerry Geis wrote:
Bryan, I have the Nvidia chipset. Geforce2 go. Under XP I see a selection for "Nview display mode" and I select to try to find something that will show me refresh rates, scan rates etc... but I dont see where that is. Can you be more specific about how to view that information so I attempt to duplicate that under X and CentOS.
First off, read Appendix G of the nVidia README: ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-7667/README.txt
It covers TwinView (now known as nView).
Jerry Geis wrote:
Bryan,
I have the Nvidia chipset. Geforce2 go. Under XP I see a selection for "Nview display mode" and I select to try to find something that will show me refresh rates, scan rates etc... but I dont see where that is.
Can you be more specific about how to view that information so I attempt to duplicate that under X and CentOS.
THanks,
Jerry
I have the same chipset in my athlon 64 notebook (Compaq) and you turn the external monitor port on and off with a function key on the keyboard. I've never even bothered with doing it with the OS since it's just easier to hit the key. On my system it's function-F4 to toggle it on and off. You might have a similar key bound to that function as well.
Cheers,
On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 08:44 -0400, Chris Mauritz wrote:
I have the same chipset in my athlon 64 notebook (Compaq) and you turn the external monitor port on and off with a function key on the keyboard. I've never even bothered with doing it with the OS since it's just easier to hit the key. On my system it's function-F4 to toggle it on and off. You might have a similar key bound to that function as well.
Yes, and it should work for him too. But what he wants to do is run the external video at a _different_ resolution.
BTW, what Athlon64 notebook comes with a GeForce Go Mobile (sweet!)?