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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