* Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-09-05 16:15:40 CEST]: > On Mon, Aug 25 2008, at 18:44 +0200, Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > > With the DVI screen I now have the problem that xrandr is able to > > detect it, but not really enable it. Well, it /claims/ that it enables > > it, growing the screen layout to the appropriate size, but it doesn't > > display anything. It only works after a fresh reboot when the external > > monitor was plugged. After a suspend of the system and awaking it again > > the external monitor isn't possible to get any output anymore. > > http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-driver-ati/2008-April/005021.html > > Quoting Alex Deucher: > ---------------------------------------------- > "Many powerbooks use an external tmds chip to provide duallink on the > dvi port. Not all of these tmds chips are currently supported as I'm > not sure which ones are used in which powerbooks. It will work if you > boot up the laptop with the DVI port connected since OF will init the > tmds chip." > ----------------------------------------------
Sounds pretty much like my problem indeed, even though I don't know anything about tmds chips or what OF stands for. > I'd recommend to pull and compile the latest sources for the > ati/radeon drivers, just in case something has changed since Alex > Deucher wrote that. Tho' I'm not sure whether these sources will be > much fresher than what is in the experimental Debian branch. Tried the packages from experimental, didn't change this. Unfortunately it did change a different thing: the xfree86-driver-synaptics support for second or third button (with respect to pasting) with two or three fingers doesn't work anymore. :-/ So long, Rhonda -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
