Bug#476575: i855: no VGA output unless VGA connected at boot
On Sat, Aug 08, 2009 at 11:53:28AM +0100, Will Thompson wrote:
> Brice Goglin wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 06:27:44PM +0100, Will Thompson wrote:
> >> Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> >> Version: 2:2.2.99.903-1
> >> Severity: normal
> >>
> >> If I boot my laptop (a Toshiba SA55) without an external monitor
> >> attached to the VGA port, and subsequently try to enable the VGA output
> >> with xrandr, xrandr seems to believe it has succeeded but no image is
> >> ever drawn upon the external monitor.
> >>
> >> If I boot with the external monitor attached, the boot sequence is
> >> displayed exclusively upon it, then X shows up on both the external
> >> display at its full resolution and on the internal display, truncated to
> >> 1024x768.
> >
> > Does this still happen with latest intel driver from Lenny?
> > And from unstable or experimental?
>
> I have exactly the same symptoms with 2:2.8.0-2, I'm afraid. If I boot
> with the screen attached, xrandr works exactly as I would expect it to
> (and as it works on my more modern intel-powered laptop). If I boot
> without the screen attached, xrandr works exactly as I would expect
> except that nothing is ever displayed on the screen.
Still the same problem today?
Did you try intel 2.9.1 with KMS and 2.6.32 ?
http://ikibiki.org/blog/2010/02/28/Where_have_you_been/
Brice
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