radeon: incorrect crtc for external LCD on VGA-0

Otto Solares solca at guug.org
Fri Dec 7 00:13:43 PST 2007


On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 02:37:05AM -0500, Alex Deucher wrote:
> On Dec 7, 2007 2:18 AM, Otto Solares <solca at guug.org> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Video card on x86 laptop:
> >
> > ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] (rev 02)
> >
> > I used to have an old external CRT monitor attached to the VGA-0
> > connector and the command `xrand --output LVDS --off` would
> > correctly turn off the laptop's LCD so I can work in the external
> > without having both monitors powered-on.
> >
> > Problem now is that I buy a new external LCD monitor and the
> > above command would turn off both the new LCD and the laptop's
> > LCD.
> >
> > But when `xrandr --output VGA-0 --crtc 0` everything works as
> > expected so I pressume is a bug in the crtc detection when a
> > LCD is attached in the VGA-0 connector both monitors are driven
> > by the same crtc.  As I said, plugging the CRT monitor doesn't
> > exhibit this problem.
> >
> > Running latest Debian Sid (X Server 1.4.0) and git radeon driver.
> 
> Please file a bug (https://bugs.freedesktop.org) and attach your xorg
> log and config.

Done: Bug # 13557

-otto



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