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Date:      Fri, 28 May 1999 09:55:17 -0400
From:      jfreeze@lexmark.com
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   XFree86 and Blank Display when Laptop Docked
Message-ID:  <199905281356.AA26084@interlock2.lexmark.com>

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I have a Dell Latitude CPi laptop with FreeBSD 3.1.
I am using XFree86 to run twm and xterm.

On the laptop's display, I can start an x session
and view the windows just fine.
However, when the laptop is docked, the `text` mode
is visible on my monitor, but when I run startx, the
screen goes blank.

I believe the laptop uses the same NeoMagic card
for both the laptop screen and the monitor. I think
the docking station is just a pass-through for monitors.
I could be wrong though.

One possible caveat is that I have a DVD installed on the
laptop. Part of the DVD is a PCMCIA card to decode
MPEG2 from a dvd. I wouldn't think this would matter,
but I'm not sure.

Does anyone have a similar setup and worked through
this before?

Thanks

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Dr Jim D. Freeze
jim@freeze.org
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