[olug] New laptop won't boot (USB 2.0 problem)

[Matthew G. Marsh]

On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Blaufuss, Shane wrote:

> That would be awesome if you could send those XF86 config lines...I don't
> get an invalid sync, but there are definitely problems.  Mine's the Radeon
> Mobility 7500 (64 em-bees)

This first section defines the device to talk to. The important lines are
the Option stuff.

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "ATI Radeon"
    Driver      "ati"
    #VideoRam    32000
    Option "CloneDisplay" "1"    ; this forces ON the external port
    Option "PanelOff" "1"	 ; This turns OFF the internal display
    Option "CloneMode" "1280x1024" ; This sets the MODE to use
    Option "CloneHSync" "31.5-115.0" ; this sets the external Hsync
    Option "CloneVRefresh" "50-160"  ; this sets the external VRefresh
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "ATI Radeon"  ; This just says to use the above define
    Monitor     "Cornerstone"
    DefaultDepth 24


Now a word of warning - with these settings you will NOT have any display
on the LCD panel... I do not boot into X - I use runlevel 3 - and thus use
startx from the command prompt...

If you boot into X (runlevel 5) then test these settings first from
runlevel 3 then go ahead and set it up. Happy X!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew G. Marsh [mailto:mgm at midwestlinux.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 1:19 PM
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: RE: [olug] New laptop won't boot (USB 2.0 problem)
>
>
> On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Blaufuss, Shane wrote:
>
> > I'm having display issues.  I guess I'll be swapping monitors :)
>
> Mmmm - the "Invalid Sync" message? DO you have the Radeon chip version? If
> so then there are commands you can put into XF86config that will turn on
> only the External Analog interface. The internal panel is digital only. I
> have a 1280x1024 running external quite well that way.
>
> If you want to try it let me know and I will boot up the laptop and email
> you the config. I have the 32M radeon Mobility in mine.
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Craig Wolf [mailto:cjwolf at mpsomaha.org]
> > > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 11:29 AM
> > > To: olug at olug.org
> > > Subject: RE: [olug] New laptop won't boot (USB 2.0 problem)
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes.  Works well on that as well...
> > >
> > > Craig Wolf
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Matthew G. Marsh,  President
Paktronix Systems LLC
1506 North 59th Street
Omaha  NE  68104
Phone: (402) 553-2288
Email: mgm at midwestlinux.com
WWW:  http://www.midwestlinux.com
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