Inspiron 9400, ATI Radeon 1400, external digital display

[David Timms]

Nat Gross wrote:
> [For those that followed my 'install thread': next step]
> Trying to connect a Dell Inspiron 9400, with ATI mobility 1400, to a
> Samsung 213T *DIGITAL* port.
> Simple question: How? <g>
> 
> The same machine/setup with Vista worked automatically. When I plugged
> in the DVI monitor cable into the laptop, Vista prompted (just like a
> usb device, neat)  with various options how I want to run both
> monitors. (Duplicated, different areas of desktop, laptop monitor off
> - which is the option I chose.) It doesn't always work perfectly,
> sometimes I get both displays, but at least it works.
                                                 "sort off"
> I tried running system-config-display, but I get an error when trying
> to save<OK>.
> 
> So, pray tell me, how do I get my external display to show off its 
> Fedora stuff?
Which fedora ?
open or ati proprietary driver ?
Err messages ?
start a terminal and run
system-config-display
from there. If you get some messages in the terminal, please search 
http://bugzilla.redhat.com  fedora   system-config-display first, and if 
no matching issue, create a new bug including version:
rpm -q system-config-display
cat /etc/fedora-release

In the bug report, attach the output of:
lspci
and describe the exact sequence that causes the problem.

DaveT.