Bug#508066: xserver-xorg-video-radeon: external display not work on ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility U1

[Brice Goglin]

Robert Heel wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
> Version: 1:6.9.0-1+lenny4
> Severity: normal
>
> On a Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo A the external display don't work since update from etch to lenny.
>
> "xrandr -q" shows both displays:
> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1600 x 1200
> VGA-0 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 376mm x 301mm
>   1280x1024      60.0*+   74.9     75.0     59.9     60.0*
>   1600x1024      60.0
>   1400x1050      60.0
>   1440x900       60.2
>   1280x960       60.0
>   1280x800       59.8     60.0
>   1152x864       75.0     74.8     60.0
>   1280x768       60.0
>   1024x768       74.9     75.1     70.1     60.0     59.9
>   832x624        74.6
>   800x600        72.2     75.0     74.9     60.3     56.2
>   640x480        75.0     72.8     72.8     75.0     66.7     60.0     59.9
>   720x400        70.1
> LVDS connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
>   1024x768       60.0*+   60.0
>   800x600        60.3
>   640x480        59.9
> S-video disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
>
> But the internal display (LVDS) has the resolution 1280x1024, and the external display is off. Seams that xorg swap the displays somehow.
>   

Can you try upgrading xserver-xorg-core and xserver-xorg-video-radeon to
experimental and see if it helps? We have Xserver 1.5.3 and much more
recent Radeon driver there.

Brice