On 2 Jan 2007 18:19:23 -0800, mic.thomason DeleteThis @gmail.com staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
> I was wondering if there was [any way] that the linux driver for the
> intel extreme graphics chipset could output video to a monitor through
> the vga port on the back [of my laptop, an HP ZE4900].
This is probably doable, though I don't know precisely what you'd do as
I don't have any machines with i810 video cards. (Intel video cards are
inferior to nVidia and ATi cards in 3D benchcrafts, don'tcha know?) The
first thing you should do is "man i810" and look for various options
relating to video BIOSes and/or monitor layouts. I think
"MonitorLayout" may be the thing you need to change. Make a copy of
your working xorg.conf, then try various options, see what you get,
write up what worked and what didn't so the next poor bastard with a
ZE4900 can get it working more easily.
I checked tuxmobil.org for info on the ZE4900, but there was only 1 page
there, which didn't say anything about the VGA-out. Sigh. Please
remedy that in some way, eh? HTH,
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