Squeeze is installed on an IBM ThinkPad A22m and X11 has worked with no obvious problems.
Yesterday I connected a PanaSync E70i monitor to the VGA connector and set BIOS Display to "external". All appeared normal until Xdm started. There display reverted to the built-in flat screen with the broken image visible here. http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/ThinkPadDisplay.jpg After rebooting, xdm gives only a black screen. Even after purging and reinstalling xdm, xserver-org and xserver-common, xdm gives a black screen. The tails of /var/log/Xorg.0.log and xdm.log are appended. There is no /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Similarities between this problem and my attempts to drive a TV with the composite video signal from a Compaq Armada are noticeable. My error messages are similar to those reported here. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/03/msg00810.html From, http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2011/04/msg00165.html > You should know the drill ... Yes, for a monitor connected to a desktop machine. Someone please tell me where to find the drill for a monitor on a laptop. Appears that the automation of modern X fails with an external display on a laptop. * Any idea of where X stores the broken configuration? * Can X be made to work on the built-in screen again without reinstalling the system? * Does anyone have an external display working on a laptop with a contemporary Debian? Any tips or recipe? Thanks, ... Peter E. root@whiterock:/var/log# tail Xorg.0.log (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE stop -9 (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE start -9 (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE idle -9 (EE) R128(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine... (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE stop -9 (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE start -9 (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE idle -9 (EE) R128(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine... (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE stop -9 (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE start -9 root@whiterock:/var/log# tail xdm.log (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE start -9 (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE idle -9 (EE) R128(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine... (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE stop -9 (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE start -9 (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE idle -9 (EE) R128(0): Idle timed out, resetting engine... (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE stop -9 (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE start -9 (EE) R128(0): R128CCEWaitForIdle: CCE idle -9 root@whiterock:/var/log# ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf ls: cannot access /etc/X11/xorg.conf: No such file or directory -- New telephone 1 360 639 0202. Old telephone 1 360 450 2132. bcc: peasthope at shaw.ca Work "http://carnot.yi.org/";. "http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/index.html#Itinerary";. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/171057207.58104.30180@cantor.invalid
