Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 22:19:43 -0700 From: Mike Hunter <mhunter@ack.Berkeley.EDU> To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell D800 External Monitor Xfree86 Message-ID: <20031006051943.GA27658@ack.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <16256.55082.265320.329991@canoe.dclg.ca> References: <20030929062051.GA27146@ack.Berkeley.EDU> <72300000.1064838356@n-stiemerling.office> <16256.55082.265320.329991@canoe.dclg.ca>
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On Oct 05, "David Gilbert" wrote: > >>>>> "Martin" == Martin Stiemerling <Martin.Stiemerling@ccrle.nec.de> writes: > > Martin> Hi, have you tried the nvidia driver out of the ports > Martin> collection? Take a look there: /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver > > I also have a Dell D800 as well. I have the 1920x1200 screen (I > gather from the former output that Mike has the 1600x1200 screen). My internal monitor is 1920x1200...I think I was trying to drive an external monitor at 1600...my success so far was at 1280x1024, although I haven't tried any other resolutions. > When i switch to the external monitor, the laptop seems to lock up > ... but I chalked that up to the fact that the docs say that 1900x1200 > is only supported on the internal display. I don't know what level > it's locking up at, though. I assume you tried CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE to escape X...? I haven't messed with it too much, but when I tried to go *back* to my internal monitor it displayed black-ish garbage...i.e. using the nvidia binary driver you can't go back to the internal once you go to the external. > It also seems that Linux is doing a lot better at suspending Dell > machines. I've spent some time learning how to read ACPI code, but I > havn't found anything damming in the DSDT yet ... leading me to > believe that our ACPI code itself must be the problem. Good luck! Feel free to send me patches to try. We should start a freebsd Dell D800 support group. Mike
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