Re: Using a CRT on PCG-GRX700

Hi Ryan,

Nice laptop description page - I hit it earlier today, but didn't
bookmark it and couldn't find it again. I should set something similar
up for my system, but not till after graduation.

I tried out your 4.2.1-3 config on 4.2.1-8, but I'm afraid it does the
same thing. I won't be able to do the 4.2.99-DRI thing.... not enough
time to compile up myself, no debian package ;)

Xinerama? Huh? I've heard of it, but never looked into it, nor have any
clue what it does. Maybe I'll look into it in a few months.

As far as your problems go... well, you're a few steps ahead of me, so I
can't help you much. 

Thanks,
Vance

On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 22:15, Ryan wrote:
> I have a GRX5P (asia-pacific)
> (http://slowest.net/docs/reference/vaio/debian/) with Radeon 7500,
> running Debian sid/sarge.
> 
> My VGA output works constantly, there is no situation where it doesn't. 
> It outputs at the same res/freq as the LCD, thus while it is 1600x1200,
> the freq makes all the monitors I've tried it on squeeze the image down
> to the middle 2/3 of the screen or blow smoke out the back of them. 
> 
> Evidently I haven't got it detecting the VGA port correctly or something
> of the like, or the radeon drivers are not doing their job correctly.
> 
> While I find this level of my ignorance convenient for VGA output, what
> would I do if I actually configured it correctly? :)  I'd be in trouble.
> 
> I've had a bit of a play with Xinerama and have a valid config for it,
> but the radeon drivers complain about duplicate Bus IDs and disables the
> second screen - I don't even know if Xinerama is what I need to be using
> - it just sounded cool ;)  I don't have the time to keep hitting it at
> the moment, so it just stays as it is for a few more months :)
> 
> Either way I'm not happy with the radeon drivers and the 7500, the DRI
> CVS trunk (last count 4.2.99-DRI) is the best I've got it - an
> acceleration was extremely erratic, but with sourceforge and it's
> chronic CVS issues I can't get the latest sources, and the native 4.3.0
> radeon sources cause GLX things to seg. fault.
> 
> I currently get by with unaccelerated 4.3.0 with my current
> it's-not-really-a-vga-port-just-ignore-it config :)
> 
> Is it possible my situation is unique to the 7500 and my config is
> somewhat correct? 
> 
> Ryan 
> 
> On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 12:44, Vance Lankhaar wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I looked through the archives, but I haven't been able to find an
> > answer. I have a PCG-GRX700 and I'm trying to hook a CRT up to it (and
> > then eventually a projector), and I haven't been able to figure out how
> > to do it. 
> > 
> > I'm currently running Debian sid, but any help with any distro would be
> > very much appreciated.
> > 
> > Currently, I have Xfree86 4.2.1 (debian version -8), and I've tried
> > using both the ati driver and the radeon driver. 
> > 
> > I've tried hooking the monitor up before and after booting, before and
> > after starting X, and have had no luck either way. When I hook the
> > monitor up before starting, nothing displays on the monitor (though
> > eventually you can see refresh-haze on it), where as the boot as normal
> > occurs on the LCD, until X comes, when I get an error message (with the
> > radeon driver): "No valid mode found for this DFP/LCD". 
> > 
> > Without the CRT attached at all, boot as normal, works fine.