[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Many thanks for the advice. > > I've done as requested with the xrandr command and the outputs > with/without the Docking Station are attached. I'd like to understand > this, as I notice that some other person on a Hardy Helpline has the same > problem. It may be that the final answer (if there is one) to can go to > him as well.
The xrandr output indicates that the laptop has correctly detected the external VGA display, and is trying to use it. The “*” is next to the resolution it is trying to use. You could try "xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1024x768" or similar to try a different resolution, but I'd be surprised if that helped. So Xorg certainly thinks it is using the external display. So if you are getting no output then there's probably some sort of fundamental driver bug involved. I have no idea how to go about tracking that down, but I do suggest filing a bug against the relevant xserver-xorg-video-FOO package. (Where FOO is the Xorg video driver you're using, e.g. on my laptop the package is xserver-xorg-video-intel.) -Andrew. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
