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 Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:25 pm Post subject: Configuring dual-head setup on ThinkPad T400 |
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Hi,
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad T400 with an ATI Radeon 3470 graphics card. The built-in monitor has a resolution of 1440x900. I'm trying to set up an external monitor, which is 1280x1024 in resolution, to the left of the laptop screen. However, when I use the ATI Catalyst Control Center to do this, I'm getting an incorrect resolution on the external monitor, making the output pixelated and distorted. Does anyone know how I can fix this?
Thanks!
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| Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Hi, can you post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf ? |
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| Code: | Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "xtrap"
Load "dri"
Load "glx"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "GLcore"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
#Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "thinkpad60"
Option "XkbLayout" "de"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Device"
# Intel
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
#Option "DefaultRefresh" # [<bool>]
#Option "ModeSetClearScreen" # [<bool>]
#Identifier "Card0"
#Driver "vesa"
#VendorName "Intel Corporation"
#BoardName "Unknown Board"
#BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
# AMD ATI Radeon (open source)
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "AccelMethod" # [<str>]
#Option "offscreensize" # [<str>]
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "ignoreconnector" # [<str>]
#Option "forcereduced" # [<bool>]
#Option "forcedpi" # <i>
#Option "useconfiguredmonitor" # [<bool>]
#Option "HPD" # <str>
#Option "NoRandr" # [<bool>]
#Option "RROutputOrder" # [<str>]
#Option "DRI" "True" # [<bool>]
#Option "TVMode" # [<str>]
#Option "ScaleType" # [<str>]
#Option "UseAtomBIOS" # [<bool>]
#Option "AtomBIOS" # [<str>]
#Option "UnverifiedFeatures" # [<bool>]
#Driver "radeonhd"
#BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
#VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
#BoardName "Unknown Board"
#BusID
# AMD ATI Radeon (binary)
#Option "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
#Option "KernelModuleParm" "locked-userpages=0"
#Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
#Option "UseFastTLS" "2"
#Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
#Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
#Option "mtrr" "off"
#Option "no_accel" "no"
#Option "no_dri" "no"
#Option "EnablePrivateBackZ" "no"
#Option "backingstore" "true"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
#SubSection "Display"
# Viewport 0 0
# Depth 1
#EndSubSection
#SubSection "Display"
# Viewport 0 0
# Depth 4
#EndSubSection
#SubSection "Display"
# Viewport 0 0
# Depth 8
#EndSubSection
#SubSection "Display"
# Viewport 0 0
# Depth 15
#EndSubSection
#SubSection "Display"
# Viewport 0 0
# Depth 16
#EndSubSection
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "dri"
Mode 0666
EndSection |
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srunni
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| Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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I still haven't got this fixed. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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Hi, I see intel corporation inside your /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Can you try that :
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# cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /root/xorg.conf.bak
# /opt/ati/bin/aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf
# equery list ati
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srunni
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, it is HD. It is an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470. I will give that driver a shot and let you know how it goes.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:59 am Post subject: |
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OK, I tried the radeonhd driver, but it is not even allowing me to extend my desktop. It is just mirroring it, and not very well.
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