Hello All,
I guess I'm doing some strange things here, and I hope that they are not going
to come back to bite me. :-)
Goal: To have an X Windows Two Monitor, One Video Card system running
Hardware: Macbook Pro 2.16ghz Intel Core Duo w/ ATI Radeon Mobility X1600
So far, the only way I have been able to get my system to work has been to run
`X -configure' and then use the generated x.org configuration file in
/etc/X11/xorg.conf. This has some problems.
1) Resolution is an ugly 1400x1050 (should be 1680x1050).
2) Display driver is Vesa
3) My external LCD (Apple HD Display) monitor is not recognized.
Manual editing of the xorg.conf file yields little results. Doing some reading
of the output of /var/log/Xorg.0.log gives me some insight. Apparently, the
vesa driver does not have a mode for 1680x1050. After doing some searching, I
found someone with an LCD screen similar to mine (we are talking about the
laptop screen, not the external display, which is not recognized at all), and
tried to take the Modelines from his xorg, and use them with my machine. I
tried to place them under the monitor section, as well as in a separate Modes
section, but the vesa driver continues to not find anything available.
I would ideally like to use a non-vesa driver to get this machine working, but
apparently the radeon driver (which seems the logical choice for drivers) is
not working. I also attempted to find some timing (refresh rates) information
on my Macbook Pro to no avail. I am thinking of calling up the technical
support and seeing if they will provide me with this information, but I am not
sure if they will.
I can post xorg.conf files and logs if you would like, but first, can this be
done? If so, can you point me in the right direction?
Thank you!
