video mirror on iBook

Jonathan Hudson jh+ubuntu at daria.co.uk
Wed Apr 6 16:49:56 UTC 2005


Iñigo Medina wrote:
> Total allllll right, Michael! :-)
> 
> I'm also working on PPC (powerbook g3) and I allways feel a little lost. :-(
> 
> Iñigo
> 
>>On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 01:34 -0400, jaymacwade wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>>I have scoured the internet searching for the magic line of code that
>>>will enable me to clone my iBook 1Ghz screen onto an external monitor. 
>>>    
>>>
>>
>><snip>
>>
>>While I can't help you with your problem, I am very interested in a
>>solution. I have a G4 ibook and this is one of the things I need if I am
>>to remove Mac OS X from my drive.


Assuming you have ATI video, Google for m7mirror (for various values
of 7). Works on a Sony Vaio for me (switching between LCD and
external) with ATI radeon video; it will also turn the LCD on and off
on my G4, but I've not tried hooking it up to an external CRT.

-jonathan





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