On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Philippe LeCavalier < supp...@plecavalier.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone. > > First post...Just switched to this project after years of using another > distro. It's been a few months now and I'm on my third laptop; it's been a > rough year ;) > > Whenever possible, I like to connect to an external monitor. This worked > very well in F16 on my Dell w/nvidia. Then the inverter went south and I > was stuck with a Lenovo T60 w/Intel 945GM(I quickly learned I could no > longer live without wide screen :) ). And that's where the fun started... > > A yes. The infamous Intel 945 chipset...I waded through the whole sluggish > feel issues of the >2048 res issue. Then an update appeared to have > addressed all my issues(no idea which one because the one that was supposed > to fix it didn't). No matter what I'd do, connecting any external monitor > just worked; all was well. > > Then more updates came and my setup broke again. That became > a vicious circle for a while. Noticed F17 was out so I switched to that. > Just like that everything stabilized(nice work on gnome-shell btw)...Then I > inherited a Toshiba Tecra A8 --no 64bit extensions like my Dell but excited > and couldn't resist switching nevertheless. Oddly enough, despite it being > the exact same video chipset as the Lenovo I can't get any external monitor > to work. Period. All the little tricks and tips I learned over the past few > months aren't helping any. > > So here are the symptoms: if I connect an external monitor(VGA) it won't > light up at all. My LCD flickers and comes back to it's original state. > Fine. The display settings reflect that one was connected and typically ids > it properly. Again, fine. I then set an appropriate resolution and > placement for both and hit apply. At this point the screen flickers again > and my laptop comes back but the monitor does nothing(orange light). I can > however, bring my cursor passed the LCD to where the monitor "is" but it's > not lit so no joy there. If I let the time run out on the dialog everything > goes back to normal. No harm no foul. If I play with any of the kbd combo > keys to force the external monitor gnome-shell freaks out and I'm forced to > recover using the console. The only thing I can successfully accomplish is > Fn+F5 resulting in the external monitor only-type setup. Recovering from > that without restarting X is not possible. If I toggle back to my LCD the > screen flickers and spins. Same goes for disconnecting the VGA cable. At > this point I can't go back to the monitor either. I have no choice but to > open a console and restart Gnome-Shell. The odd time I can't even do that > and must power off(ouch! haven't had to do that in Linux for years) > > Sorry about rambling on so much, just trying to give as many details as > possible. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in > advance. > > -- > > Thanks, > Phil > > references: > > video chipset: > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, > 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) > 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, > 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) > > packages: > gnome-shell 3.4.1 > kernel 3.4.0-1.fc17.i686 > Anyone?
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