CRT Out on my thinkpad [solved]

[hanes]

I have a IBM T42 laptop and it works pretty good with Mandriva. I just installed 2006 on it plus the thinkpad modules from urpmi and I have a couple problems with my CRT (connecting my laptop to a projector/monitor).

 

1. When I reboot X the signal goes to the projector fine, but it is in a different resolution,if I move my mouse to the bottom of the screen the whole screen moves... I guess the way to describe this is that the desktop isnt scaled to fit my screen anymore... is there a way to fix this?

 

2. This is the real problem... When I am watching a movie on my laptop in kaffiene the movie doesn't show up on the projector. I see my desktop, I see kaffiene, but the actuall movie is black... I really need to fix this cause I show movies all the time....

 

Interestingly enough I had 2005 on this laptop and experienced none of these problems... anyone know how to fix this?

 

Thanks for your time

[coverup]

I have a IBM T42 laptop and it works pretty good with Mandriva.  I just installed 2006 on it plus the thinkpad modules from urpmi and I have a couple problems with my CRT (connecting my laptop to a projector/monitor).

 

1.  When I reboot X the signal goes to the projector fine, but it is in a different resolution,if I move my mouse to the bottom of the screen the whole screen moves... I guess the way to describe this is that the  desktop isnt scaled to fit my screen anymore... is there a way to fix this?

 

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Try changing the screen resolution. You can use the xrandr command, or simply use the X hotkeys <CTRL>+<ALT>+<+> or <CTRL>+<ALT>+<->. This can be a little bit tricky to do using the laptop keyboard. The easiest way is to connect an external standard destop keyboard. If you don't have it, this should work... First, turn Numlock on. On my T41 the numlock key does not work, and I use gkrelm, but there are other ways to do that. Then press <CTRL>+<ALT>+the <+> key which is the key next to the right Shift key. The <-> key is just above the <+> key.

 

By the way, I could never get simultaneously working configuration LCD+ DVI flat screen. Could you please post your xorg.conf file?

[hanes]

Still doesnt work... Too bad I really would like to get this working... maybe going back to 2005 will work?

 

 

Here is my conf file

 

cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf

# File generated by XFdrake.

 

# **********************************************************************

# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of

# this file.

# **********************************************************************

 

Section "Files"

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)

# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of

# the X server to render fonts.

FontPath "unix/:-1"

EndSection

 

Section "ServerFlags"

#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)

#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)

AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work

EndSection

 

Section "Module"

Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension

Load "v4l" # Video for Linux

Load "extmod"

Load "type1"

Load "freetype"

Load "synaptics"

Load "glx" # 3D layer

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"

Driver "keyboard"

Option "XkbModel" "pc105"

Option "XkbLayout" "us"

Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse1"

Driver "mouse"

Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"

Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"

Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "SynapticsMouse1"

Driver "synaptics"

Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

Option "MinSpeed" "0.09"

Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18"

Option "BottomEdge" "4200"

Option "SHMConfig" "on"

Option "FingerLow" "25"

Option "LeftEdge" "1700"

Option "MaxTapMove" "220"

Option "MaxTapTime" "180"

Option "FingerHigh" "30"

Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"

Option "TopEdge" "1700"

Option "AccelFactor" "0.0015"

Option "RightEdge" "5300"

EndSection

 

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "monitor1"

VendorName "Generic"

ModelName "Flat Panel 1024x768"

HorizSync 31.5-55

VertRefresh 40-70

 

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.

# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync

ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

 

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync

ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616

EndSection

 

Section "Device"

Identifier "device1"

BoardName "ATI Radeon"

Driver "ati"

Option "DPMS"

EndSection

 

Section "Screen"

Identifier "screen1"

Device "device1"

Monitor "monitor1"

DefaultColorDepth 16

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 8

Virtual 480 360

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 15

Virtual 480 360

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Virtual 480 360

EndSubsection

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 24

Virtual 480 360

EndSubsection

EndSection

 

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "layout1"

InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"

InputDevice "SynapticsMouse1" "AlwaysCore"

Screen "screen1"

EndSection

[coverup]

You're using virtual resolution 480x360. That could be the reason. Instead, modify all subsections "Display" to include resolution 1024x768. Here is an example:

 

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Modes "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"

ViewPort 0 0 # initial origin if mode is smaller than desktop

EndSubsection

 

You may also need to specify the modeline to make sure the monitor/projector receives right frequencies from the videocard. But that may be unnecessary, since projectors scan the frequency anyway.

 

By the way, what screen resolution does your LCD have? My T41 has the 1400x1050 screen, but if your can only do 1024x768, then you will need to remove the first three modes.

[hanes]

Fixed, the resolution thing is still a problem but I just resize.

 

I fixed the video out problem by switching from the XV driver to the X11 driver in prefrences under mplayer...

 

Simple but confusing

Thanks for the help