Can't get the external monitor working

Alex Deucher alexdeucher at gmail.com
Mon Nov 19 16:22:01 PST 2007


On Nov 17, 2007 5:26 PM, Paul Morarescu <paul.morarescu at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This 22" external LCD was working with Fedora 7. It is still working
> with WinXP on the same laptop. However, after upgrading from Fedora 7
> to Fedora 8, it has never worked in the graphic mode. It works only in
> text mode. When entering the graphic mode (basically, when starting X)
> the external monitor displays NO SIGNAL and blanks out. The laptop LCD
> works well. Need help to make the external monitor work again. I don't
> care for 3D acceleration. Just want to get the darn thing working
> again in the basic mirror/clone mode.
>
> Here's the data:

looks like a problem with the bios connector tables. try the following option:
Option "ConnectorTable" "5,2,2,1,3,1,0,2"
And let me know if it works.

Alex


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