CRT and LCD at the same time for ATI Rage Mobility

fidler · Apprentice Joined: 03 Jul 2002 Posts: 162 Location: Utah

Back when I used Mandrake 8.0, upon setup with a CRT monitor and my LCD monitor plugged in, it set up XFree86 to display to both the LCD and the CRT monitor (which would be helpful for presentations). I was wondering if anyone knew how to change the configuration files to do this.

cbueche · Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2002 10:29 am Post subject:

Hi,

I have a Dell 5000e with the same video adapter. I can cycles between my video output (LCD/CRT) using <FN><F8>. You should be able to do the same, check your laptop's doc.

Seeing my 1600x1200 desktop on a Sun 21" car-sized CRT impresses a lot :-)

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fidler · Apprentice Joined: 03 Jul 2002 Posts: 162 Location: Utah

I can cycle between the displays, but not so that the monitor is displaying information on both the CRT and LCD. The latter is what I really want.

klieber · Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2002 4:07 pm Post subject:

Are you talking about a laptop, with the laptop screen and an external monitor or a desktop machine with two external monitors?

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fidler · Apprentice Joined: 03 Jul 2002 Posts: 162 Location: Utah

A laptop, with the laptop screen and an external monitor.

klieber · Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2002 6:34 pm Post subject:

fidler · Apprentice Joined: 03 Jul 2002 Posts: 162 Location: Utah

For your laptop, I guess it is ... However, my laptop doesn't allow that for some reason. Under M$ Windows it allows a repeater function, also under Mandrake 8.0, but otherwise it will only switch between the LCD and the CRT displays. The cycle that should be the LCD/CRT display together takes longer and eventually reverts to just the LCD display...