[Bug 16441] Display is washed out on 2nd monitor - ATI ES1000 chipset

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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16441





--- Comment #31 from Alex Deucher <agd5f at yahoo.com>  2008-09-09 22:52:41 PST ---
(II) RADEON(0): Output VGA-1 connected
(II) RADEON(0): Output VGA-0 disconnected
(II) RADEON(0): Output VGA-1 using initial mode 1024x768

The driver is not able to detect a monitor attached to the second output so it
does not turn the output on.  You can use xrandr to force the output on:
xrandr --addmode VGA-0 1024x768
xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1024x768


--- Comment #32 from Geoff N <geoff at linuxsolve.co.uk>  2008-09-11 03:20:11 PST ---
Tried the xrandr commands and both returned:
"Can't open display".

Tried xhost + (in case it was an X security issue) and it returned:
unable to open display ""

VGA-0 is being picked up correctly if there is a monitor connected (without the
bleaching - so the driver path in combination with the BIOS upgrade have
worked!)

If there is no monitor connected, then the following message (as you found) is
in the Xorg.0.log =>
(II) RADEON(0): Output VGA-0 disconnected.

Connecting the monitor does not resolve the issue. Stays blank.

VGA-1 which is the other VGA output for the ES1000 does not have a monitor
connected but it always is connected in the X server start.
Can we force VGA-0 in xorg.conf to do similar?

At this point, we almost have a working system. We just have to ensure that the
monitor is powered on and connected when the blade with the ATI ES1000 boots.
Non-ideal but workable :(

Also, could this be a vendor issue as the EDID / I2C info is not being detected
for VGA-0 but it is for VGA-1 (even when both monitors disconnected)? (See
previous Xorg.0.log)


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