Intel i965GM and Dell D830

[Eric Knudstrup]

Eric Knudstrup wrote:
> Eric Knudstrup wrote:
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>> Jesse Barnes wrote:
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>>> On Thursday, August 9, 2007 1:47:29 pm Eric Knudstrup wrote:
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>>>> Jesse Barnes wrote:
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>>>>> On Thursday, August 9, 2007 1:23:05 pm Eric Knudstrup wrote:
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>>>>>> I'm having a problem with the 965GM driver and it selecting the right
>>>>>> displays (see Bug 11834).  For some reason it insists on setting the vga
>>>>>> output for screen 0 when I need it to be the LVDS output:
>>>>>> From my log:
>>>>>> (II) Setting vga for screen 0.
>>>>>> I tried clobbering the i830_crt_init() line in i830_driver.c
>>>>>> I830SetupOutputs() to no avail.
>>>>>> The result is that I have two "screens" on my laptop display, one the
>>>>>> correct LVDS size, the other the vga size.
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>>>>> Does your configuration work if you remove or rename your xorg.conf file?
>>>>>  I noticed it has a bunch of modelines, you shouldn't need those with
>>>>> recent intel drivers, since they'll detect what modes your system
>>>>> supports.
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>>>> No, X refuses to start if I do that.  KDE definitely wants to use the
>>>> VGA screen because it only lets me select a 1024x768 display and will
>>>> only maximize windows to that size.
>>>> When I select the KDE "Configure Desktop..." it will only show "Screen
>>>> 1" for 1024x768, even though in the "Multiple Monitors" tab it shows a
>>>> second 1680x1050 display as well.
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>>> Well, if that doesn't work, how about this (another thing you could try is to 
>>> add a "monitor-VGA" option and setting it to "ignore" as well).
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>> I took your config file and added ignore VGA and that does the right
>> thing for the LVDS display.
>> It would be nice if the VGA and TV outputs still worked, but this is
>> "good enough" for right now.
>> Is there anything I can do to help that happen? I'm an experienced C
>> coder, but this is the first time I've even looked at X source.
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>> Thanks,
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>> Eric
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> FYI, I just removed the TV output disable and it still "does the right
> thing".  The problem is with the VGA output.
My system is still cooking along with the VGA output set to "ignore" and 
the TV output not ignored.
I would like this to work correctly.  If I were to attempt to chase down 
the reason why the VGA output gets overlaid on top of the LVDS output, 
where should I start looking?
Is this likely to be in the Intel source or the X org source?

Eric