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#1 2009-06-16 20:28:54
- fmma
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help external monitor on a netbook (HP2133)
Dear Arch Users,
maybe someone knows the answer for my problem. I have installed Arch on a HP netbook (HP 2133). Openchrome driver doesn't work, so I use the vesa X11 driver. The default screen has a very high resolution for a 8.9 inch display 1200x768. I need to give presentations and would like to connect a beamer to the external VGA port.
I can't get the output on the VGA port at all. F2 key which should direct the screen to the VGA doesn't work. See below my x11 conf file.
I hope someone has an suggestion.
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
# InputDevice "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "SynapticsTouchpad" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "dri2"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "synaptics"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
#
Identifier "SynapticsTouchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "AlwaysCore" "true" # send events to CorePointer
#Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "SHMConfig" "false" # configurable at runtime? security risk
Option "LeftEdge" "1700" # x coord left
Option "RightEdge" "5300" # x coord right
Option "TopEdge" "1700" # y coord top
Option "BottomEdge" "4200" # y coord bottom
Option "FingerLow" "25" # pressure below this level triggers release
Option "FingerHigh" "30" # pressure above this level triggers touch
Option "MaxTapTime" "180" # max time in ms for detecting tap
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true" # enable vertical scroll zone
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "true" # enable horizontal scroll zone
Option "CornerCoasting" "true" # enable continuous scroll with finger in corner
Option "CoastingSpeed" "0.30" # corner coasting speed
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" # edge-to-edge scroll distance of the vertical scroll
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "100" # edge-to-edge scroll distance of the horizontal scroll
Option "MinSpeed" "0.10" # speed factor for low pointer movement
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.60" # maximum speed factor for fast pointer movement
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0020" # acceleration factor for normal pointer movements
Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "true" # vertical scroll anywhere with two fingers
Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "true" # horizontal scroll anywhere with two fingers
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "TapButton2" "2"
Option "TapButton3" "3"
#
# Identifier "SynapticsTouchpad"
# Driver "synaptics"
# Option "AlwaysCore" "true"
# Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
# Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "PrintVGARegs" # [<bool>]
#Option "PrintTVRegs" # [<bool>]
#Option "I2CScan" # [<bool>]
#Option "VBEModes" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "AccelMethod" # <str>
#Option "ExaNoComposite" # [<bool>]
#Option "ExaScratchSize" # <i>
#Option "SWCursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
#Option "Rotate" # [<str>]
#Option "VideoRAM" # <i>
#Option "ActiveDevice" # [<str>]
#Option "BusWidth" # [<str>]
#Option "Center" # [<bool>]
#Option "PanelSize" # [<str>]
#Option "ForcePanel" # [<bool>]
#Option "TVDotCrawl" # [<bool>]
#Option "TVDeflicker" # <i>
#Option "TVType" # [<str>]
#Option "TVOutput" # [<str>]
#Option "DisableVQ" # [<bool>]
#Option "DisableIRQ" # [<bool>]
#Option "EnableAGPDMA" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoAGPFor2D" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoXVDMA" # [<bool>]
#Option "VbeSaveRestore" # [<bool>]
#Option "DisableXvBWCheck" # [<bool>]
#Option "MaxDRIMem" # <i>
#Option "AGPMem" # <i>
Identifier "Card0"
# Driver "unichrome"
# Driver "openchrome"
Driver "vesa"
VendorName "VIA Technologies, Inc."
BoardName "CN896/VN896/P4M900 [Chrome 9 HC]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
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#2 2009-06-17 11:36:54
- kowalski
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- Registered: 2009-05-07
- Posts: 82
Re: help external monitor on a netbook (HP2133)
Hi,
you might want to try
echo 1 > /proc/acpi/video/VID/DOSThis is what got things working on my laptop (Dell M1530).
This gives control over the video output "back" to the BIOS, at least for what I know.
He who says A doesn't have to say B. He can also recognize that A was false.
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#3 2009-06-17 13:56:33
- keenerd
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- Posts: 647
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Re: help external monitor on a netbook (HP2133)
Openchrome from the repo does not work. Build the latest SVN and it will be fine.
It will clone the display by default. You need to have the monitor plugged in when starting X. Otherwise, half the cloned display lies outside the scan range.
You'll want to remove 90% of that xorg.conf file. Most of it is unnecessary under automatic hotplugging. Configure the touchpad through the appropriate fdi file.
Here is mine. About half of it has no effect, since Openchrome does not do 3D.
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "1"
Option "DontZap" "no"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "synaptics"
Load "dri"
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
EndSection
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "openchrome"
Option "ActiveDevice" "LCD CRT"
Option "AGPMem" "65536"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
Option "EnableAGPDMA" "1"
#Option "AccelMethod" "XAA"
#Option "XaaNoImageWriteRect" "1"
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
Option "ExaScratchSize" "8192"
Option "MaxDRIMem" "16384"
Option "ExaNoComposite" "true"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "LCD"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "LCD"
Option "Ignore" "0"
Option "DPMS" "1"
DisplaySize 194 116 # 168 DPI @ 1280x768
#ModeLine "1280x768" 77.37 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 794
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "CRT"
Option "Ignore" "0"
Option "DPMS" "1"
EndSectionLast edited by keenerd (2009-06-17 14:02:08)
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#4 2009-06-17 20:11:11
- madalu
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Re: help external monitor on a netbook (HP2133)
Just out of curiosity, have you tried "xrandr -q" to see if your
external monitor is detected.
I use lxrandr -- it's a nice little GUI frontend to xrandr that allows
you to switch monitors easily.
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#5 2009-06-17 23:11:00
- keenerd
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Re: help external monitor on a netbook (HP2133)
The openchrome driver does not support xrandr.
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