XFree86

[Jonathan Hudson]

In article <16232.42848.717514.814493@gargle.gargle.howl>,
	Stefan Bruda <bruda@ubishops.ca> writes:

SB> 
SB> Speaking of X on the Powerbook, how does it handle video mirroring on
SB> the DVI port?  The stock YDL 2.3 XFree86 (probably 4.2, the one that
SB> would not support sleeping in any case) did mirror the display, no
SB> problem.  XFree 4.3.0 (compiled from sources, does support sleeping
SB> alright and also DRI) does not.
SB> 
SB> The kernel module (radeonfb) is alright, I can turn the CRT on and off
SB> using both m6mirror and m7mirror, and I get a white screen when I turn
SB> the thing on.  Further, I did try the old kernel under which mirroring
SB> positively worked (it no longer does so with XFree86 4.3.0).  This
SB> let me conclude that X is actually the culprit.

In X (4.3.99.12), lcd:0 and lcd:1 switch off and restore the LCD OK,
however crt:1 just resulted in a mess of largely grey background with
some black and green lines on the CRT.

-jonathan