Problems with Xorg i810 driver, laptop and external monitor, and MergedFB

[Jonathan Underwood]

On 14/05/07, Marcelo Magno T. Sales <marcelo.sales at sefaz.pe.gov.br> wrote:
>
> There's no need of an extension for that. However, you probably won't be able
> to select the display output in X using the shortcut key on your notebook.
> Depending on the specific intel chipset you are using, it can be done using
> i810switch (available in FC repos) or both outputs will be enabled at boot
> without any special configuration.
>
> However, you may need to change the following line in your xorg .conf:
> #       Option      "MonitorLayout" "LFP,CRT"
>
> Make it like this:
>        Option      "MonitorLayout" "TV,LFP+CRT"
>
> And add:
>        Option "Clone" "On"
>
> This will enable the display on the three outputs (s-video, VGA and internal
> display). Also, configuring LFP and CRT in the same head, framebuffer/overlay
> graphics will be displayed in both the internal monitor and VGA output. If
> you put them in separate heads, only the primary one will display such
> graphics with the i810 driver.

Thanks Marcelo, I'll try your suggestions.