20 EUR reward (PayPal) to the person who can get my external VGA to work properly

Pierre Bauduin pierre at baudu.in
Tue Jun 5 01:44:46 PDT 2007


Hello,

Sorry to re-post, but I need to have this problem solved before thursday
june 7th 2007, which is in two days. I have to make a presentation using a
beamer on that day, and I really need a solution for this problem.

So I'm offering to pay 20 EUR to the person who can solve this problem.
Yes, 20 EUR, paid with PayPal, this is not a joke.

I have bought a mini-VGA to VGA adapter for my iBook G3 800 MHz 12 inch.

When I use the adapter to connect an external VGA display to my iBook G3:
- in Mac OS X, everything is fine, I can see my desktop both on the iBook
LCD display and on the external VGA display
- in Debian GNU/Linux, I can see my desktop on the iBook LCD display, but I
see nothing but a grey screen on the external VGA display

Here is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

     1    # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration
file)
     2    #
     3    # Dernière modification: Pierre Bauduin, le 4 juin 2007 à 19h40
     4    #
     5    # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration
tool, using
     6    # values from the debconf database.
     7    #
     8    # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf
manual page.
     9    # (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
    10    #
    11    # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package
upgrades *only*
    12    # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the
xserver-xorg
    13    # package.
    14    #
    15    # If you have edited this file but would like it to be
automatically updated
    16    # again, run the following command:
    17    #   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

    18    Section "Files"
    19        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
    20        FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
    21        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
    22        FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
    23        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
    24        FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    25        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
    26        FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    27        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
    28        FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
    29        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
    30        FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
    31        FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
    32        FontPath    "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
    33        # path to defoma fonts
    34        FontPath    "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
    35    EndSection

    36    Section "Module"
    37        Load    "i2c"
    38        Load    "bitmap"
    39        Load    "ddc"
    40        Load    "dri"
    41        Load    "extmod"
    42        Load    "freetype"
    43        Load    "glx"
    44        Load    "int10"
    45        Load    "vbe"
    46    EndSection

    47    # Repris du xorg.conf de Frédéric Aupépin
    48    # Le 3 juin 2007
    49    Section "InputDevice"
    50        Identifier    "Generic Keyboard"
    51        Driver        "kbd"
    52        Option        "CoreKeyboard"
    53        Option        "XkbRules"    "xorg"
    54        Option        "XkbModel"    "macintosh"
    55        Option        "XkbLayout"    "fr"
    56        Option        "XkbOptions"    "lv3:lwin_switch"
    57    EndSection

    58    Section "InputDevice"
    59        Identifier    "Configured Mouse"
    60        Driver        "mouse"
    61        Option        "CorePointer"
    62        Option        "Device"        "/dev/input/mice"
    63        Option        "Protocol"        "ImPS/2"
    64        Option        "Emulate3Buttons"    "true"
    65    EndSection

    66    Section "InputDevice"
    67        Identifier    "Synaptics Touchpad"
    68        Driver        "synaptics"
    69        Option        "SendCoreEvents"    "true"
    70        Option        "Device"        "/dev/psaux"
    71        Option        "Protocol"        "auto-dev"
    72        Option        "HorizScrollDelta"    "0"
    73    EndSection

    74    Section "Device"
    75        Identifier    "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW
[Radeon Mobility 7500]"
    76        Driver        "ati"
    77        BusID        "PCI:0:16:0"
    78        # Ajout Pierre Bauduin le 1er juin 2007
    79        Option         "MonitorLayout"     "LVDS,VGA"
    80        Option         "CRT2HSync"         "30 - 83"
    81        Option         "CRT2VRefresh"         "56 - 75"
    82        # Fin ajout PBN
    83        # FBDev desactivé par Pierre Bauduin le 2 juin 2007
    84        #Option        "UseFBDev"        "true"
    85    EndSection

    86    Section "Monitor"
    87        Identifier    "iBook Color LCD"
    88        Option        "DPMS"
    89    EndSection

    90    # Ajout Pierre Bauduin
    91    # Le 1er mai 2007
    92    Section "Monitor"
    93        identifier "Generic Monitor"
    94        vendorname "Plug 'n' Play"
    95        modelname "Plug 'n' Play"
    96        modeline "640x480 at 60" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525
-vsync -hsync
    97        modeline "800x600 at 72" 50.0 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666
+hsync +vsync
    98        modeline "1024x768 at 70" 75.0 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777
806 -vsync -hsync
    99        gamma 1.0
   100    EndSection
   101    #


   102    Section "Screen"
   103        Identifier    "iBook Screen"
   104        Device        "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW
[Radeon Mobility 7500]"
   105        Monitor        "iBook Color LCD"
   106        DefaultDepth    24
   107        SubSection "Display"
   108            Depth        1
   109            Modes        "1024x768"
   110        EndSubSection
   111        SubSection "Display"
   112            Depth        4
   113            Modes        "1024x768"
   114        EndSubSection
   115        SubSection "Display"
   116            Depth        8
   117            Modes        "1024x768"
   118        EndSubSection
   119        SubSection "Display"
   120            Depth        15
   121            Modes        "1024x768"
   122        EndSubSection
   123        SubSection "Display"
   124            Depth        16
   125            Modes        "1024x768"
   126        EndSubSection
   127        SubSection "Display"
   128            Depth        24
   129            Modes        "1024x768"
   130        EndSubSection
   131    EndSection

   132    # Ajouté par Pierre Bauduin
   133    # Le 1er mai 2007
   134    Section "Screen"
   135        Identifier "Default Screen"
   136        Device    "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon
Mobility 7500]"
   137        Monitor "Generic Monitor"
   138        DefaultDepth 24
   139    SubSection "Display"
   140        depth 24
   141        virtual 1024 768
   142        # modes "640x480 at 60"
   143        # modes "800x600 at 72"
   144        Modes "1024x768 at 70"
   145        EndSubSection
   146    EndSection
   147    #

   148    Section "ServerLayout"
   149        Identifier    "Default Layout"
   150        Screen        "Default Screen"
   151        InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
   152        InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
   153        InputDevice    "Synaptics Touchpad"
   154    EndSection

   155    Section "DRI"
   156        Mode    0666
   157    EndSection

This machine is running Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 "etch" for powerpc
Here is the output of xorg -version:

[root at ibook] 10:42 /root>Xorg -version
X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: UNKNOWN
Current Operating System: Linux ibook 2.6.18-4-powerpc #1 Fri May 4 01:05:19
UTC 2007 ppc
Build Date: 04 April 2007
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
[root at ibook] 10:42 /root>X


You can also take a look at this page on my site:
http://pierre.baudu.in/ibook/#external_vga_output

Any help would be appreciated,
Thank you,
-- 
Pierre Bauduin
Linux enthusiast since 1996
Linux registered user #64711
Debian GNU/Linux user
website: http://pierre.baudu.in/
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