[Techtalk] Dell laptop with external monitor

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On 22 Jul 2003 20:14:25 +0930
Robyn Manning <rmanning at adam.com.au> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> There are some extra settings in the man page for XF86Config and one of
> them is BackingStorem, this and others may be relevant.
> 
> hth
> Robyn
> 
> On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 19:59, tiera wrote:
> > Hi!
> > I have a question here. I'm using my Dell Latitude c840 with Redhat 9
> > and can't get my external monitor to work when I start X. In text mode
> > the external monitor works fine, but as soon as I start up X the monitor
> > goes black. 
> > 
> > Now, I've run the X configuration tool and it finds and correctly identifies 
> > the external monitor, but still no success. Network adapter and everything
> > else connected via the docking station works fine. I've read a few
> > guides on howto get this monitor to work, but they don't work for 
> > me. I've made different XF86config files for docked and undocked
> > situation, but without success. Eventhough Xconfig correctly identifies and
> > sets up the external monitor, it still goes black when I start X. Any clues?
> > If I check the logfiles for X no errors are found. It seems that X believes 
> > that everything is fine, eventhough no picture is displayed on the external
> > monitor. 
> > 
> > rgds,
> > /tiera
> > 
> > 
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