Bug#468475: xserver-xorg-video-ati: Can't ignore/disable monitor

["Alex Deucher" <alexdeucher@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 4:30 AM, Ove Kaaven <ovek@arcticnet.no> wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati
>  Version: 1:6.8.0-1
>  Severity: important
>
>  If I uncomment the Option "Ignore" "true" in any of the Monitor
>  sections in xorg.conf (see below), even "TV Out", the Radeon
>  driver unloads and X doesn't start. And right now I'd really like
>  to disable the "LCD Panel" so that GNOME might pick up the higher
>  resolutions on my "External Monitor".
>
>  (Guess there was something wrong in the package I got from experimental
>  after all... but I really needed that IgnoreLidStatus thing, since my
>  ACPI is broken. Hmm, wait, I only really needed it to prevent the
>  "LCD Panel" from being disabled... hmm... well, anyway, this is a bug
>  regardless, so here you are.)
>

I think the ignore option may be broken in the xserver.  What you
really want is:
Option "Disable" "True"

Also, the if you want to use the acpi lid status, you need to set the
option to false otherwise it will ignore the lid status.  It also need
to be in the device section not the monitor section:
Option          "IgnoreLidStatus"       "False"

Alex