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Old 04-16-2007, 08:02 AM   #1
tate_harmann
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Dual monitor on IBM Thinkpad t60p


Hi,
I would like to run dual monitors, but I can't seem to get it to work the way I want it to. I have the laptop docked and there are two interfaces for video (DVI and analog.) I am running SLED 10 and I am using the yast module to configure the setup. What always happens is I get one of the monitors to work in conjunction with the laptop's lcd screen depending on how I configure it. Just to clarify...I have two external monitors, one plugged into the DVI port and one plugged into the analog port. I know it's physically possible because it works like this in windows. Do you think I need a different video driver?

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Old 04-17-2007, 04:24 PM   #2
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The IBM Thinkpad t60p uses the ATI MOBILITY FireGL V5250 card for which read Radeon driver.

There isn't a decent driver at the moment. This may be your best bet;

http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/FrontPage

http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ATIRadeon
 
  


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