External DVI vs. External VGA

[Andrew McMillan]

On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 23:55 -0700, Eric Anholt wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 20:16 -0700, Keith Packard wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 12:47 +1200, Andrew McMillan wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I am using version of 1.9.92 -video-intel (patched to handle the
> > > 1440x1050 resolution) and have my external LCD panel working when I
> > > connect it to the VGA connector in my laptop, or the VGA connector in my
> > > docking station.  These seem to be equivalent.
> > > 
> > > However I can't seem to get it to work using the DVI connector in my
> > > docking station.
> > 
> > I've wondered whether that would work; I have a similar laptop, but
> > haven't got the docking station.
> > 
> > > xrandr does not list the DVI at all.  Here's the output:
> > 
> > That's not encouraging; that means the X server didn't detect an SDVO
> > chip. Could you post the Xorg.0.log file so we can see what the driver
> > did?
> 
> Previous Intel laptops we've seen which are compatible with docks that
> happen to have DVI ports have not mentioned support for docked DVI (only
> VGA) in their documentation.

Ah well.  That's probably the issue then :-)

Having never used the laptop under anything than Linux I guess I can't
say for sure whether it works under Other Operating Systems. I think it
is unlikely I will be going to the trouble of installing Windows on it,
but the laptop seems generally pretty good so I suspect there may be
some more around the office, and I might be able to get hold of one
briefly before Linux is installed.

Thanks,
					Andrew McMillan.

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