Dell D800 External Monitor Xfree86

[David Gilbert]

>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Stiemerling <Martin.Stiemerling at ccrle.nec.de> writes:

Martin> Hi, have you tried the nvidia driver out of the ports
Martin> collection?  Take a look there: /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver

I also have a Dell D800 as well.  I have the 1920x1200 screen (I
gather from the former output that Mike has the 1600x1200 screen).
When i switch to the external monitor, the laptop seems to lock up
... but I chalked that up to the fact that the docs say that 1900x1200
is only supported on the internal display.  I don't know what level
it's locking up at, though.

It also seems that Linux is doing a lot better at suspending Dell
machines.  I've spent some time learning how to read ACPI code, but I
havn't found anything damming in the DSDT yet ... leading me to
believe that our ACPI code itself must be the problem.

Dave.

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