Bug#292540: /usr/X11R6/bin/X: Problems with attaching external monitors to laptops (need to reboot X)
Package: xserver-common
Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4
Severity: normal
File: /usr/X11R6/bin/X
Hello,
I have noticed this problem on several platforms, including various
versions of SuSE (9.1, 9.2) and Debian testing; also on various laptop
models, ranging from Dell through Fujitsu to Thinkpads.
Following happens: if you attach a video projector, and switch your
laptop to the "external" mode using your function keys, no signal is
sent, you get "no input" from the projector. Switch to the console and
you will see a picture; switch back to X, and you get from the projector
the error message "no input" again.
Restart X, and everything is OK.
For people who often make presentations with their laptops, and are used
to keep dozens of programs and windows opened, quitting them all just to
make a lecture or presentation is a pain in the neck. (yeah, I know, I
can probably do startx -- :1.0 from a console -- not that I tried it!,
but how many KDE newcommers will know that?).
Moreover, I needed some time to figure out what the problem is. For the
first few times I have rebooted the entire system :-))), getting polite
smiles from the audience.
Regards,
January
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-1-386
Locale: LANG=pl_PL, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL
Versions of packages xserver-common depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.30 Debian configuration management sy
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii xfree86-common 4.3.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System (XFree86) infrastr
-- debconf information:
xserver-common/xwrapper/nice_value/error:
xserver-common/xwrapper/allowed_users: Console Users Only
xserver-common/xwrapper/actual_allowed_users: console
xserver-common/xwrapper/nice_value: 0
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