I recently had the oportunity to plug the HP w2207h screen (see review #1 and review #2) as an external display to my Samsung Q35 laptop. The external display has a native resolution of 1680×1050 and the laptop’s is 1280×800.
The laptop is powered by an Intel 945 graphic chip:
[root@localhost ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
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After some googling and tests, I’ve designed the perfect xorg.conf for this configuration:
What I’ve learned so far during these experiments:
- With DRI, virtual screen can’t be greater than 2048×2048 for Intel 945 (or less) chips. This explain why my screens are one above the other instead of side-by-side.
- XRandR and its friend KRandRTray make screen positionning user-friendly…
- …until you play with the
xrandr’s “--off” option ! After I manually called it, this parameter disabled all my screens, forever, and at each boot. I’ve randomly deleted xorg-related files, but I still didn’t know how I solved this mess. If you have a better understanding of howxrandrstore its configuration, please let me know ! - Dual screening is awesome !
Hi, I read your post and I would like to know if you were able to use the auto pivot function that comes with the w2207h display. Please if you were able to use it, can you tell me how you did it? I have a HP Pavilion notebook with a 945GM and I can’t use auto pivot…it won’t function…if I rotate the display the image remains still, it doesn’t follow the display’s rotation. Please help me. Thanks a lot!
I didn’t know there was such a feature for the w2207h…
I doubt the orientation information is carried by the VGA cable… Maybe it can be retrieve via USB ports integrated in the monitor… I really have no clue about this feature, and I don’t think it can be easely supported in X.org and/or linux kernel… Anyone with informations regarding this topic is welcomed !
BTW Rab, according your IP address, you come from HP… Maybe you can find someone over there that can help us ?
After using it for 2 months, this monitor is not stable under my Mandriva 2008.0: the screen randomly “jump” every 1 or 2 minutes and then, after a random period, it display a random single color. At this point I have to reboot my machine to reinitialize the screen.
I don’t know, maybe my configuration is bad or my system is not good… FYI, I use:
This is no longer the case: I’ve updated my Mandriva to the 2008.1 spring edition and everything is working fine !
FYI, this Mandriva release is powered by:
And here is the new
xorg.conffile:Has someone know how to rotate external screen on intel GMA 945