No video out with iBook G4
Bug #35113 reported by
goofyheadedpunk
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xorg (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I cannot achieve multi-heads or monitor cloning with my iBook 1.2GHz . There are seemingly no configuration tools to do this, no real consensus on how to edit xorg.conf, and no readily available conclusions on doing either of the above.
lspci -X reports my graphics card as the following:
PCI:0:16:0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M11 NV [FireGL Mobility T2e]
Changed in xorg: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
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I have had video out working on my iBook G4 for quite some time now (probably since Hoary).
If I have the monitor attached when the X server starts, I get a 1920x1200 pixel desktop on my main display, with a 1024x768 viewport into this desktop on the laptop panel. I can use xrandr to switch to a plain 1024x768 desktop, then unplug the monitor.
If there is no monitor attached when X starts, the high resolution mode is not available---then I need to restart X (Ctrl-Alt-Delete on an iBook keyboard) after I plug in the external display.
This xorg.conf shows how I do it. You may need to change the resolution of the second mode.