Re: ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 in Compaq Evo N610C

From: Carsten Schlipf (spam_at_yeap.de)
Date: 07/18/03 

Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 11:40:13 +0200

Valette Eric wrote:

> Carsten Schlipf wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I got a brand new Compaq Evo N610C. The first time almost everything was
>> supported out of the box by Linux (RedHat 9). Just one problem is left
>> that drives me nuts:
>>
>> My system:
>> RedHat 9
>> Kernel 2.4.20-19.9
>> XFree 4.3.0
>> ATI Radeon Mobility 7500
>> (more info below)
>>
>>
>> I want to have a higher resolution on the external VGA output than I have
>> available on the internal display.
>>
>>
>> Does anybody have a clue, how I can make the external output to display
>> higher resolutions? I don't mind about Xinerama. All I want is to show a
>> big desktop on my external monitor.
>
>
> I would suggest to read the *radeon* man page and look closely at
> options to control the extrenal monitor. It's theoritically possible to
> have diffrent resolution on the external monitor...
>

Thanks for the tip. I wasn't aware of this manpage.

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