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Date:      Wed, 20 Jun 2001 22:00:16 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>
To:        freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject:   LCD/CRT Switching on Inspiron 4000 under X
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106202142100.33778-100000@w2xo.int>

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I can't seem to find any info on this problem..

I bought a "Port Replicator" for my Inspiron 4000 Dell Laptop.

I have 4.3-RELEASE and XFree86 4.0.3 installed on it. It runs
very well, sound works, etc.

At the office, I use an external monitor. The LCD/CRT switching
was always difficult. I would have to hit the "Fn-F8" combination
many times to get it to switch to an external monitor plugged in
the 15 pin VGA plug on the back of the laptop.

Now, when I plug it in to the port replicator, I can't coax it to
switch at all to the external monitor.

There is only one driver in Xfree86 4.0.3, just "Xfree86".

Is there some flag I need to set in the XF86Config to make
this thing let go of the CRT? It "tries" to switch and apparently
goes right back to the CRT. The external monitor flickers momentarily
and that's all. 

Thanks,

Jim Durham



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