retitle 586448 External DVI fails with nouveau thanks Hi Gilbert.
Gilbert Sullivan <whirly...@comcast.net> (19/06/2010): > So sorry for muddled attempt to use reportbug. No problem. I'm adjusting the title with the command above. That might be a bug in xserver-xorg-video-nouveau, or in the kernel, but let's talk a bit first. > Notebook computer with external LCD connected via port replicator > (both D-Sub and DVI connectors). Since latest linux-image, > xserver-common and xserver-xorg-core upgrades in Squeeze the > external LCD does not work with the DVI but does work with the VGA > connector. Is that still true with an up-to-date X stack + kernel in squeeze/sid? If so please run the xorg bug script and attach its output: /usr/share/bug/xserver-xorg-core/script 3>/tmp/script.log > Before the switch to kernel mode setting and nouveau, both types of > connection for the external monitor worked. Built-in monitor is > unaffected. I seem to recall nouveau has always been KMS-only? What were you using previously? The nv or vesa driver maybe? > No proprietary drivers of any kind have been installed on this > system since a clean netinst of Squeeze a few months ago. Thanks for mentioning it. KiBi.
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