Issues with 2nd display being treated as primary (when not plugged in)

[Bryan Hoyt | Brush Technology]

Hi, is there any chance of getting some help on this issue? I'm kinda stuck!

Should I be posting someplace else?

 - Bryan

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:23, Bryan Hoyt | Brush Technology <
bryan at brush.co.nz> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have an all-in-one box with a builtin monitor (LVDS1) and 2nd
> hotpluggable monitor (VGA1).
>
> My problem in a few words: if I don't have a 2nd screen plugged in at boot,
> I can't see a thing once X loads. If I have a 2nd screen plugged in at boot,
> everything works more-or-less ok.
>
> More detail: If I have VGA1 unplugged at boot, X detects it (VGA1) as
> primary for some reason, and shows a blank screen on LVDS1 (but during BIOS
> load, grub, and plymouth splash, the picture shows on LVDS1 as expected. I'd
> expect X to do the same, but it doesn't). When I plug in VGA1, the picture
> shows up fine on there, but no pic on LVDS1 until I load up Monitor
> Preferences or use xrandr. If VGA1 is plugged in during boot, then both
> screens operate as expected.
>
> My xorg.conf: http://pastebin.com/NB06Dk47
> My lspci: http://pastebin.com/n6bPhupW
> My xorg.log: http://pastebin.com/pyx5y2g0
>
> Can anyone help me delve further into the problem? Perhaps even help fix
> it? ;-)
>
> I'd be very keen to chat with someone in person (Skype or something), if
> that's appropriate -- but I'm more than happy to discuss via this list if
> that's better.
>
> Not wanting to be mercenary about it, but it's worth a small amount of
> money to certain people to have this solved, so if there's not an obvious
> fix, I could probably arrange some $$ compensation for time if an expert
> wants to do some one-on-one consulting. I'd contribute any useful
> information back to the list.
>
> Kind regards,
> Bryan
>
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