From owner-freebsd-multimedia Wed Jun 20 15: 4:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from w2xo.pgh.pa.us (18.gibs5.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.184.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15D9137B407 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:04:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us) Received: from w2xo (w2xo [192.168.5.1]) by w2xo.pgh.pa.us (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id f5KM0GQ33814 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2001 22:00:16 GMT (envelope-from durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 22:00:16 +0000 (GMT) From: Jim Durham X-Sender: durham@w2xo.int To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: LCD/CRT Switching on Inspiron 4000 under X Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message