Cannot setup dual monitors
Githin Alapatt
githin at gmail.com
Wed Nov 23 07:29:20 PST 2011
Hello,
I recently upgraded from lenny to squeeze and I no longer can get my
external monitor working correctly on my laptop.
lspci gives these
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile
GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)
lsmod gives:
githin at debian-githin:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
parport_pc 15799 0
ppdev 4058 0
lp 5570 0
parport 22554 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
acpi_cpufreq 4951 1
cpufreq_conservative 4018 0
cpufreq_powersave 602 0
cpufreq_stats 1997 0
cpufreq_userspace 1480 0
rfcomm 25199 0
sco 5885 2
bridge 33031 0
stp 996 1 bridge
bnep 7452 2
l2cap 21721 6 rfcomm,bnep
crc16 1027 1 l2cap
bluetooth 36319 6 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap
uinput 4796 1
fuse 44268 3
arc4 974 2
ecb 1405 2
b43 132615 0
ssb 33714 1 b43
pcmcia 16194 2 b43,ssb
rng_core 2178 1 b43
mac80211 123586 1 b43
cfg80211 87637 2 b43,mac80211
pcmcia_core 20450 3 b43,ssb,pcmcia
firewire_sbp2 9647 0
loop 9769 0
joydev 6739 0
snd_hda_codec_idt 35329 1
snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi 9027 1
snd_hda_intel 16823 1
snd_hda_codec 46002 3
snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 4054 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss 28671 0
snd_mixer_oss 10461 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 47226 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_midi 3576 0
snd_rawmidi 12513 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 3684 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 35463 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 12270 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 3673 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
i915 223022 0
drm_kms_helper 18569 1 i915
uvcvideo 45554 0
drm 111992 2 i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 3497 1 i915
videodev 25605 1 uvcvideo
dell_laptop 1557 0
rfkill 10264 4 bluetooth,cfg80211,dell_laptop
i2c_i801 6462 0
dcdbas 3892 1 dell_laptop
v4l1_compat 10250 2 uvcvideo,videodev
snd 34423 14
snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_codec_intelhdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
wmi 3575 0
button 3598 1 i915
i2c_core 12787 6
i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit,videodev,i2c_i801
pcspkr 1207 0
psmouse 44809 0
evdev 5609 17
serio_raw 2916 0
battery 3782 0
video 14605 1 i915
output 1204 1 video
soundcore 3450 1 snd
ac 1640 0
snd_page_alloc 5045 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
processor 26327 3 acpi_cpufreq
ext3 94396 2
jbd 32317 1 ext3
mbcache 3762 1 ext3
sg 19937 0
sr_mod 10770 0
cdrom 26487 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 26005 5
crc_t10dif 1012 1 sd_mod
ata_generic 2247 0
uhci_hcd 16057 0
ahci 27410 4
sdhci_pci 4581 0
sdhci 12171 1 sdhci_pci
mmc_core 38685 3 b43,ssb,sdhci
ricoh_mmc 2561 0
led_class 1757 2 b43,sdhci
firewire_ohci 16725 0
firewire_core 31243 2 firewire_sbp2,firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 1035 1 firewire_core
ata_piix 17736 0
ehci_hcd 28693 0
sky2 34040 0
libata 115869 3 ata_generic,ahci,ata_piix
scsi_mod 104853 5 firewire_sbp2,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
usbcore 98969 4 uvcvideo,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
nls_base 4541 1 usbcore
thermal 9206 0
thermal_sys 9378 3 video,processor,thermal
githin at debian-githin:~$
githin at debian-githin:~$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
githin at debian-githin:~$ xrandr -q
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 800 x 600, current 1280 x 800, maximum 1280 x 800
default connected 1280x800+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1280x800 0.0*
1024x768 61.0
800x600 61.0
githin at debian-githin:~$
What more information should I look at
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