From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 19 22:08:05 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8854716A41F for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:08:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5D5C43D48 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:08:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0ILH008OQPJWUS50@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Sat, 20 Aug 2005 00:09:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no ([80.202.174.153]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with SMTP id <0ILH00F15PMF1230@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org; Sat, 20 Aug 2005 00:11:04 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 00:07:43 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq; m"_0v; ~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Message-id: <20050820000743.65ed5a8b.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: T41 - dualhead with a TV? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:08:05 -0000 Hello, I have a ThinkPad T41, which runs FreeBSD 5.4-stable. It uses Xorg 6.8.2, and according to the log file, it has a ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 (M9) Lf (AGP) chipset. I would like to set up a dual head (not xinerama) configuration, using a TV set as an external display (connected to the S-Video connector). That way I can show movies on the TV screen, while doing normal desktop on the LCD. First, is this possible? Secondly, where do I find a how-to on this. I have searched Google, but haven't found any good ones (or maybe I didn't understand them). Third, and added compilcation; I'm not running startx, X is started from xdm when I log in. Ideally, the TV set should "just work" when I plug in the S-Video cable. Next best would be if the machine detected an attached TV set at boot / X startup time (that way I could just log out and in again after connecting the TV), but if that doesn't work, is there some way I can choose a Xorg config from xdm? -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway