Re: can't switch to external monitor after KDE 3.5 upgrade
I am using a Dell Latitude D600 with Debian
testing. The external monitor switch is software, and it seems like xorg
does not recognize it.
I just did the apt-get dist-upgrade to KDE 3.5 and
rebooted and everything seems OK except Fn-F8 does not have any effect (it's
supposed to switch to external monitor).
However, what is
interesting is that if I use Ctrl-Alt-F4 (for example) to switch to the
fourth virtual console, then Fn-F8 *does* work. But as soon as I switch back
to the 7th virtual console (which the X server uses) the image automatically
switches back to the LCD display and Fn-F8 doesn't have any effect again.
So it seems like this is a problem of the X server.
Does
anybody know how to go around it or fix it?
If you have a built-in (Intel) video card, installing i810rotate
may help - it fixed the problem for me, and also allowed me to switch screens
with bash scripts.
Also, if your xorg.conf file (or XFree86 if you didn't uprade to
x.org) mentions both video devies, the Fn-F8 key won't work. Take out all
definitions for the second device (only 1 Monitor section, only 1 Screen
section, only 1 Device section). If you have both devices defined, X
doesn't appear to allow you to switch between them (appropriately IMHO, since
it's against the config).
This will cause you to get "could not find device section for
deviceID PCI 0:2:1 or something", but that shouldn't stop booting.
Rob
Disclaimer: I'm just learning.
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