External Monitor

[Kristo]

Indeed, I would like my external monitor mirror option working properly on my
ibook G4 for graghics!  
Kristo

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Quoting Adrian von Stechow <adrianvonstechow at gmail.com>:

> Can anyone explain to me in plain english how i set this up? I have a
> rage128 mobility too...
> 
> 
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:59:01 -0800, Daniel Gimpelevich
> <daniel at gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote:
> > You cannot use ofonly if you hope to use the external video connector on
> > the Rage 128 Mobility. You MUST use aty128fb. You can supply boot
> > arguments to turn on the external video connector, or use the m3mirror
> > command to turn it on after boot. Also, pbbuttonsd 0.6.6-3 and later can
> > be configured with a hotkey to turn mirroring on and off. Your XF86Config
> > needs to be set up to handle your external monitor. If you want dual-head,
> > the procedure is more complicated.
> > 
> > On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:09:42 +0100, Marcello Semboli wrote:
> > 
> > > Enyone can use external monitor or projector on YD 4.0, ibook with ATI
> > > Rage 128 Mobility?
> > >
> > > I run system-config-display and set frame buffer as video card.
> > > startx works well.
> > > Then I connect external monitor and reboot with video=ofonly option.
> > >
> > > Ok, I can see boot messages both on external monitor and in the ibook
> > > display.
> > >
> > > But when run startx, it crash.
> > >
> > > Please help  :-(
> > 
> > > Regards
> > > ________________________
> > > Marcello Semboli
> > > http://dinogen.hacknight.org

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