On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 08:05:38PM +0200, Brice Goglin wrote: > Simon Effenberg wrote: > > Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel > > Version: 2:2.1.1-4 > > Severity: normal > > > > > > Since using the newer video-intel driver i can't get my external monitor > > to work. Either in dualhead nor in xinerama i can start X. > > > > Which xserver-xorg-video-intel did you have before? Stable/Etch? Lenny? > Unstable? (look in /var/log/dpkg.log or /var/log/aptitude) >
I used unstable but because of this problem (and haven't enough time to look on it) i used a very long time the old driver (set xorg on hold). Now I needed a new install. That's the old deb i used before xserver-xorg-video-i810_2%3a1.7.2-4_i386.deb > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Intel Mobile 945" > > Driver "intel" > > BusID "PCI:0:2:0" > > VideoRam 130000 > > Option "VBERestore" "true" > > Option "DRI" "true" > > Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP" > > Screen 0 > > EndSection > > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Intel Mobile 945 Clone 1" > > Driver "intel" > > BusID "PCI:0:2:0" > > VideoRam 130000 > > Option "Clone" "true" > > Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Intel Mobile 945 Clone 2" > > Driver "intel" > > BusID "PCI:0:2:1" > > EndSection > > > > Section "Device" > > Identifier "Intel Mobile 945 2" > > Driver "intel" > > BusID "PCI:0:2:0" > > Option "VBERestore" "false" > > Option "DevicePresence" "yes" > > Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP" > > Screen 1 > > EndSection > > > > This can't work. Xinerama isn't supported anymore, now the Intel driver > does RandR 1.2. You should have a single Device section and a single > Screen section. All the remaining things are handled dynamically with > xrandr. See http://bgoglin.livejournal.com/9846.html, and maybe > http://bgoglin.livejournal.com/10214.html and > http://bgoglin.livejournal.com/10423.html > > Brice Oh I was blind.. I'll take a look and will report the results. Thanks a lot. Simon -- GnuPG: 5755FB64 Per aspera ad astra.
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