Re: can't switch to external monitor after KDE 3.5 upgrade

["Alexandru Cabuz" <alexcabuz@gmail.com>]

Thank you for the response.

I seem to only have one each of the sections you mention in xorg.conf. Device, Screen, Monitor.

Also, i810switch gives

PCI id of i810 is not recognized

How can I tell if I have a built-in (Intel) video card?

On 2/26/06, Robert C. Auch <rauch@totalnetsolutions.net> wrote:

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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Alexandru Cabuz
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Université Montpellier II
France
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