Re: Debian installation on laptop with damaged screen
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:11:44 -0500 (EST), Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:54:42 -0500 (EST), Odd H. Sandvik wrote:
>> The installation isn't the problem anymore, I did that earlier today.
>> Now I need to convince X to show up on the external display. I'm
>> going to take a look at it from the shell, as that is the only thing I
>> can get to show up on the external display so far.
>
> If you will provide the following information, I may be able to help:
>
> 1. The contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> 2. The make and model of your laptop
> 3. The make and model of your external monitor
> 4. The type of monitor (CRT, LCD, etc.)
> 5. What release of Debian you are running (Lenny, Squeeze, etc.)
> 6. The contents of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, if any
>
> I can't guarantee anything, but without that information, I really can't
> help you much.
OK, based on the information you provided to me in a private e-mail
(next time please post to the list) it looks like the X server is having
trouble getting the EDID information from the monitor. It looks like this
monitor is very new. According to the monitor's manual, which I downloaded
over the internet, the monitor supposedly supports EDID; but the X server
can't make sense of it. Perhaps this monitor is using a newer version of
EDID than this version of the X server understands. I really don't know.
But here's my attempt at manual configuration, based on information
extracted from the Users Guide. Change your /etc/X11/xorg.conf to look
like this:
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Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
BusID "PCI:1:5:0"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
VendorName "Dell"
ModelName "2709W"
HorizSync 30-81
VertRefresh 56-76
Option "TargetRefresh" "60"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection
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Let me know how it works. If it doesn't work, send back the actual
/etc/X11/xorg.conf file used and the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file output.
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