Re: Debian 7 and external monitors and graphics adaptors
On 10/04/2015, Bret Busby <bret.busby@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 09/04/2015, Gian Uberto Lauri <saint@eng.it> wrote:
>> Bret Busby writes:
>> > 00.01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD nee ATI
>> > Device 9852
>>
>> Type xrandr. You should have one entry for each possible connector.
>>
>
>
> "
> # xrandr
> xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
> Screen 0: minimum 1366 x 768, current 1368 x 768, maximum 1368 x 768
> default connected 1368x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
> 1366x768 0.0
> 1368x768 0.0*
> "
>
> For lshw ;
>
> "
> t# lshw
> debian-acer-e5-521
> description: Notebook
> product: Aspire E5-521 (Aspire E5-521_0865_V1.01)
> vendor: Acer
> version: V1.01
> serial: NXMLFSA011450175B33400
> width: 64 bits
> capabilities: smbios-2.8 dmi-2.8 vsyscall32
> configuration: chassis=notebook family=Beema Family sku=Aspire
> E5-521_0865_V1.01 uuid=710F8BF0-7F7A-11E4-85C7-F0761C704419
> *-core
> description: Motherboard
> product: Larne
> vendor: Acer
> physical id: 0
> version: V1.01
> serial: NBMLF110024507EF7F3400
> slot: Base Board Chassis Location
> *-firmware
> description: BIOS
> vendor: Insyde Corp.
> physical id: 0
> version: V1.01
> date: 05/27/2014
> size: 128KiB
> capacity: 8128KiB
> capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd
> int13floppynec int13floppytoshiba int13floppy360 int13floppy1200
> int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int9keyboard int10video acpi usb
> biosbootspecification uefi
> *-cpu
> description: CPU
> product: AMD E2-6110 APU with AMD Radeon R2 Graphics
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> physical id: 4
> bus info: cpu@0
> version: AMD E2-6110 APU with AMD Radeon R2 Graphics
> serial: NotSupport
> slot: Socket FT3b
> size: 1GHz
> capacity: 1500MHz
> width: 64 bits
> clock: 100MHz
> capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr
> pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse
> sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp constant_tsc
> rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor
> ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt aes xsave avx f16c rdrand
> lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse
> 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt topoext arat xsaveopt hw_pstate npt
> lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale flushbyasid decodeassists
> pausefilter pfthreshold cpufreq
> configuration: cores=4 enabledcores=4 threads=4
> *-cache:0
> description: L1 cache
> physical id: 5
> slot: L1 Cache
> size: 256KiB
> capacity: 256KiB
> clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
> capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
> *-cache:1
> description: L2 cache
> physical id: 6
> slot: L2 Cache
> size: 2MiB
> capacity: 2MiB
> clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
> capabilities: pipeline-burst internal write-back unified
> *-memory
> description: System Memory
> physical id: b
> slot: System board or motherboard
> size: 4GiB
> *-bank:0
> description: [empty]
> product: Empty
> vendor: Empty
> physical id: 0
> serial: Empty
> slot: DIMM 0
> *-bank:1
> description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)
> product: HMT451S6BFR8A-PB
> vendor: Hynix
> physical id: 1
> serial: C8C00602
> slot: DIMM 1
> size: 4GiB
> width: 64 bits
> clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
> *-pci:0
> description: Host bridge
> product: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> physical id: 100
> bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
> version: 00
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> *-display UNCLAIMED
> description: VGA compatible controller
> product: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> physical id: 1
> bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
> version: 00
> width: 64 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master
> cap_list
> configuration: latency=0
> resources: memory:e0000000-efffffff
> memory:f0000000-f07fffff ioport:3000(size=256)
> memory:f0c00000-f0c3ffff memory:f0c80000-f0c9ffff
> *-multimedia:0
> description: Audio device
> product: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI
> physical id: 1.1
> bus info: pci@0000:00:01.1
> version: 00
> width: 64 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
> configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
> resources: irq:81 memory:f0c60000-f0c63fff
> *-pci:0
> description: PCI bridge
> product: Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> physical id: 2.3
> bus info: pci@0000:00:02.3
> version: 00
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode
> bus_master cap_list
> configuration: driver=pcieport
> resources: irq:72 ioport:2000(size=4096)
> memory:f0b00000-f0bfffff ioport:f0d00000(size=1048576)
> *-generic UNCLAIMED
> description: Unassigned class
> product: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> physical id: 0
> bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
> version: 01
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master
> cap_list
> configuration: latency=0
> resources: memory:f0b05000-f0b05fff
> memory:f0d00000-f0d0ffff
> *-network
> description: Ethernet interface
> product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
> controller
> vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> physical id: 0.1
> bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
> logical name: eth0
> version: 12
> serial: f0:76:1c:70:44:19
> size: 100Mbit/s
> capacity: 1Gbit/s
> width: 64 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master
> cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt
> 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
> configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes
> driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A
> ip=192.168.2.95 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII
> speed=100Mbit/s
> resources: irq:74 ioport:2000(size=256)
> memory:f0b04000-f0b04fff memory:f0b00000-f0b03fff
> *-pci:1
> description: PCI bridge
> product: Family 16h Processor Functions 5:1
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> physical id: 2.4
> bus info: pci@0000:00:02.4
> version: 00
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pci pm pciexpress msi ht normal_decode
> bus_master cap_list
> configuration: driver=pcieport
> resources: irq:73 memory:f0a00000-f0afffff
> ioport:f0e00000(size=1048576)
> *-network UNCLAIMED
> description: Network controller
> product: AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter
> vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
> physical id: 0
> bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
> version: 01
> width: 64 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
> configuration: latency=0
> resources: memory:f0a00000-f0a7ffff
> memory:f0e00000-f0e0ffff
> *-generic:0 UNCLAIMED
> description: Encryption controller
> product: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> physical id: 8
> bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
> version: 00
> width: 64 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: msix ht pm bus_master cap_list
> configuration: latency=0
> resources: memory:f0c40000-f0c5ffff
> memory:f0900000-f09fffff memory:f0c70000-f0c70fff
> memory:f0c6a000-f0c6bfff
> *-usb:0
> description: USB controller
> product: FCH USB XHCI Controller
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> physical id: 10
> bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
> version: 11
> width: 64 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pm msi msix pciexpress xhci bus_master cap_list
> configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
> resources: irq:18 memory:f0c68000-f0c69fff
> *-storage
> description: SATA controller
> product: FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> physical id: 11
> bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
> logical name: scsi0
> logical name: scsi1
> version: 40
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 66MHz
> capabilities: storage pm msi ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
> emulated
> configuration: driver=ahci latency=32
> resources: irq:80 ioport:3118(size=8) ioport:3124(size=4)
> ioport:3110(size=8) ioport:3120(size=4) ioport:3100(size=16)
> memory:f0c6f000-f0c6f3ff
> *-disk
> description: ATA Disk
> product: ST500LT012-1DG14
> vendor: Seagate
> physical id: 0
> bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
> logical name: /dev/sda
> version: 0001
> serial: S3PKP7JV
> size: 465GiB (500GB)
> capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
> configuration: ansiversion=5
> guid=615876ca-b0c8-4ae4-aa9d-551bfe766b94 sectorsize=4096
> *-volume:0
> description: Windows NTFS volume
> vendor: Windows
> physical id: 1
> bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
> logical name: /dev/sda1
> version: 3.1
> serial: 346c-d3d9
> size: 598MiB
> capacity: 599MiB
> capabilities: boot precious readonly hidden nomount
> ntfs initialized
> configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2014-12-13
> 08:12:04 filesystem=ntfs label=Recovery modified_by_chkdsk=true
> mounted_on_nt4=true name=Basic data partition resize_log_file=true
> state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
> *-volume:1
> description: Windows FAT volume
> vendor: MSDOS5.0
> physical id: 2
> bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
> logical name: /dev/sda2
> version: FAT32
> serial: b86f-a51f
> size: 271MiB
> capacity: 299MiB
> capabilities: boot fat initialized
> configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat name=EFI
> system partition
> *-volume:2
> description: reserved partition
> vendor: Windows
> physical id: 3
> bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
> logical name: /dev/sda3
> serial: 66db318f-c17d-4448-8e82-07895ccb3192
> capacity: 127MiB
> capabilities: nofs
> configuration: name=Microsoft reserved partition
> *-volume:3
> description: Windows NTFS volume
> vendor: Windows
> physical id: 4
> bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,4
> logical name: /dev/sda4
> version: 3.1
> serial: 147c37e4-aa3a-3845-80ee-bd80c396446e
> size: 227GiB
> capacity: 227GiB
> capabilities: ntfs initialized
> configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2014-12-13
> 08:12:10 filesystem=ntfs label=Acer name=Basic data partition
> state=clean
> *-volume:4
> description: Windows NTFS volume
> vendor: Windows
> physical id: 5
> bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,5
> logical name: /dev/sda5
> version: 3.1
> serial: 2676-2c52
> size: 14GiB
> capacity: 14GiB
> capabilities: boot precious readonly hidden nomount
> ntfs initialized
> configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2014-12-13
> 08:12:16 filesystem=ntfs label=Push Button Reset
> modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true name=Basic data partition
> resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
> *-volume:5
> description: EXT4 volume
> vendor: Linux
> physical id: 6
> bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,6
> logical name: /dev/sda6
> logical name: /
> version: 1.0
> serial: dba325fc-33ba-4f73-9ca6-b7c1a8f2c4e0
> size: 55GiB
> capabilities: boot journaled extended_attributes
> large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
> configuration: created=2015-04-09 15:39:58
> filesystem=ext4 label=debian lastmountpoint=/ modified=2015-04-10
> 11:46:45 mount.fstype=ext4
> mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered
> mounted=2015-04-10 11:46:45 name=Debian state=mounted
> *-volume:6
> description: EXT4 volume
> vendor: Linux
> physical id: 7
> bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,7
> logical name: /dev/sda7
> logical name: /home
> version: 1.0
> serial: a138ca45-a57f-46f7-8e5c-cbc214481300
> size: 55GiB
> capabilities: journaled extended_attributes
> large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
> configuration: created=2015-04-09 15:40:00
> filesystem=ext4 label=home lastmountpoint=/home modified=2015-04-10
> 11:46:47 mount.fstype=ext4
> mount.options=rw,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered
> mounted=2015-04-10 11:46:47 name=Debian home state=mounted
> *-volume:7
> description: EXT4 volume
> vendor: Linux
> physical id: 8
> bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,8
> logical name: /dev/sda8
> logical name: /data01
> version: 1.0
> serial: 52b6a9fd-4d60-47bb-880f-649ae0f838aa
> size: 55GiB
> capabilities: journaled extended_attributes
> large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
> configuration: created=2015-04-09 15:40:03
> filesystem=ext4 label=data01 modified=2015-04-10 11:46:47
> mount.fstype=ext4
> mount.options=rw,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered
> mounted=2015-04-10 11:46:47 name=Data01 state=mounted
> *-volume:8
> description: Linux swap volume
> vendor: Linux
> physical id: 9
> bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,9
> logical name: /dev/sda9
> version: 1
> serial: e02fb7be-d99d-42e2-be8c-bf080f9b0727
> size: 14GiB
> capacity: 14GiB
> capabilities: nofs swap initialized
> configuration: filesystem=swap name=Debian swap
> pagesize=4095
> *-volume:9
> description: EXT4 volume
> vendor: Linux
> physical id: a
> bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,10
> logical name: /dev/sda10
> logical name: /data02
> version: 1.0
> serial: 92e61257-9f8e-4fd3-9a3c-d1a6d918488e
> size: 40GiB
> capabilities: journaled extended_attributes
> large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
> configuration: created=2015-04-09 15:40:06
> filesystem=ext4 label=data02 modified=2015-04-10 11:46:47
> mount.fstype=ext4
> mount.options=rw,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered
> mounted=2015-04-10 11:46:47 name=Data02 state=mounted
> *-cdrom
> description: DVD-RAM writer
> product: DVD-RAM UJ8HC
> vendor: MATSHITA
> physical id: 1
> bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
> logical name: /dev/cdrom
> logical name: /dev/cdrw
> logical name: /dev/dvd
> logical name: /dev/dvdrw
> logical name: /dev/sr0
> version: 1.00
> capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
> configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
> *-usb:1
> description: USB controller
> product: FCH USB EHCI Controller
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> physical id: 12
> bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
> version: 39
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 66MHz
> capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
> configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=32
> resources: irq:18 memory:f0c6e000-f0c6e0ff
> *-usb:2
> description: USB controller
> product: FCH USB EHCI Controller
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> physical id: 13
> bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
> version: 39
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 66MHz
> capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
> configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=32
> resources: irq:18 memory:f0c6d000-f0c6d0ff
> *-serial UNCLAIMED
> description: SMBus
> product: FCH SMBus Controller
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> physical id: 14
> bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
> version: 42
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 66MHz
> configuration: latency=0
> *-multimedia:1
> description: Audio device
> product: FCH Azalia Controller
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> physical id: 14.2
> bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
> version: 02
> width: 64 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
> configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=32
> resources: irq:82 memory:f0c64000-f0c67fff
> *-isa
> description: ISA bridge
> product: FCH LPC Bridge
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> physical id: 14.3
> bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
> version: 11
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 66MHz
> capabilities: isa bus_master
> configuration: latency=0
> *-generic:1
> description: SD Host controller
> product: FCH SD Flash Controller
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> physical id: 14.7
> bus info: pci@0000:00:14.7
> version: 01
> width: 64 bits
> clock: 66MHz
> capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
> configuration: driver=sdhci-pci latency=39
> resources: irq:16 memory:f0c6c000-f0c6c0ff
> *-pci:1
> description: Host bridge
> product: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> physical id: 101
> bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
> version: 00
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> *-pci:2
> description: Host bridge
> product: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> physical id: 102
> bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
> version: 00
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> *-pci:3
> description: Host bridge
> product: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> physical id: 103
> bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
> version: 00
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> *-pci:4
> description: Host bridge
> product: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> physical id: 104
> bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
> version: 00
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> *-pci:5
> description: Host bridge
> product: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> physical id: 105
> bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
> version: 00
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> *-pci:6
> description: Host bridge
> product: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> physical id: 106
> bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4
> version: 00
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
> *-pci:7
> description: Host bridge
> product: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> physical id: 107
> bus info: pci@0000:00:18.5
> version: 00
> width: 32 bits
> clock: 33MHz
>
> "
>
Also, now that I have been told how to find the System Settings on the
Acer E5-521-238Q, as they are accessed differently from the way on the
Acer V3-772G, both with the GNOME Classic interface, on the Acer
E5-521-238Q, in
System Settings -> System -> Details
1. The Overview shows
"GNOME Version 3.4.2"
and
"
Processor: AMD E2-6110 APU with AMD Radeon R2 Graphics x 4
Graphics: VESA-GODAVARI
"
and
2. Graphics shows
"
Driver: VESA-GODAVARI
Experience: Fallback
"
And, in
System Settings ->Hardware -> Displays
It shows only "Unknown" (- the laptop screen)
and
<Detect Displays>
as with the Acer V3-772G, fails to detect the external monitor, the
external monitor being connected and powered up, before powering up
each respective laptop.
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............
"So once you do know what the question actually is,
you'll know what the answer means."
- Deep Thought,
Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
A Trilogy In Four Parts",
written by Douglas Adams,
published by Pan Books, 1992
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