On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:48:08AM -0400, Alex Deucher wrote: > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pa...@iki.fi> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:12:51AM -0400, Alex Deucher wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Francisco Jerez <curroje...@riseup.net> > >> wrote: > >> > Jerome Glisse <gli...@freedesktop.org> writes: > >> > > >> >> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 03:31:19PM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > >> >>> Hello, > >> >>> > >> >>> After fixing the dvi/hdmi detection problem I now have another problem > >> >>> with the HP EliteBook 8530p, which has Radeon 3650HD adapter. > >> >>> > >> >>> Here's a summary of the environment: > >> >>> > >> >>> - laptop connected to a docking station. > >> >>> - external display in use, connected with DVI to the dock. > >> >>> - laptop lid closed, so internal LVDS display is not used. > >> >>> > >> >>> Now, when I start the laptop, I can see the BIOS and grub on the > >> >>> external DVI display. > >> >>> All fine so far. I select the Fedora 13 kernel, and Linux starts. I > >> >>> see the Fedora > >> >>> graphical boot on the external DVI display, just like it should be. > >> >>> GDM login prompt > >> >>> appears on the external DVI display, still everything fine. > >> >>> > >> >>> And then it goes wrong. After I login to X, the external display only > >> >>> shows the background > >> >>> picture.. it turns out the desktop stuff has been started to the > >> >>> internal LVDS display, > >> >>> which shouldn't be used at all since the laptop lid is closed!! > >> >>> > >> >>> When the laptop lid is closed, and external display is connected, I > >> >>> want to use only the external display.. > >> >>> > >> >>> Any ideas how to troubleshoot this one? > >> > >> Does it work ok if you boot up without the external display connected > >> and then connect and enable the secondary display after you've logged > >> in? > >> > > > > I just tried this. > > > > I boot up the laptop with lid open, so ONLY the internal LVDS is active > > (DVI cable disconnected), and I get the GDM login prompt on the internal > > LVDS. > > > > Then I plug in the external DVI display, and the external display > > gets automatically active when X starts. Gnome panel etc are on the > > internal LVDS, > > external DVI display only has the background image and nothing else. > > > > So that works as expected. No problems there. > > > >> I have a similar issue here; I think it's an issue with rhgb and > >> starting X. If I boot with an external display, the entire plymouth > >> load sequence works fine, but then when X starts the external display > >> goes blank and the internal display hangs on the plymouth screen. On > >> a related note, if I close the lid and turn off the LVDS output, gpm > >> never blanks the external monitor. I have to manually force dpms with > >> xset. > >> > > > > The other patch (0001-drm-radeon-kms-fix-shared-ddc-handling.patch) applied > > my system mostly works now, but here's a summary about the problem I still > > have > > with the lid detection: > > > > - I boot up the laptop with lid closed (LVDS inactive) so there's only > > external > > DVI display connected. Kernel boot messages show up on the external DVI > > display, > > and GDM login prompt appears on the external DVI display. All fine so far. > > > > - The actual problem: when X starts gnome panel etc show up on the internal > > LVDS > > display, which I can't see at all since the lid is closed! So those should > > go to the > > external DVI display only.. LVDS should be disconnected or inactive or > > something.. > > > > Any pointers appreciated where to look at in the source.. I can do some > > debugging. > > Your desktop session manager should check the lid status when it loads > and attempt to do the right thing if there is an external monitor > detected. >
Ok. So you think it's not a bug in the lid detection? -- Pasi _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
