On Sun, 01 May 2011 10:35:17 -0700, John Magolske wrote: > I'm having trouble getting anything to output from my X40 ThinkPad to an > external VGA monitor. Under X, `xrandr -q` outputs the following > regardless of whether or not the external monitor is plugged in: > > % xrandr -q > Screen 0: minimum 800 x 600, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768 > default connected 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm > 1024x768 0.0* > 800x600 61.0 > > Pressing Fn+F7 and typing `xrandr --output VGA --auto` has no > effect...the external monitor remains totally blank.
(...) I've seen some reports related to problems with the VGA output in X40 ThinkPad notebooks: xserver-xorg-video-intel: corruption on external VGA display http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=569135 [i855gm] VGA out flickering after upgrade to lucid (regression) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/589140 After reading the bugs, it is still no clear (at least for me) if the problem can be bypassed somehow (by installing an updated video driver/ xorg version/kernel) or still open/unsolved. Sorry to be so fuzzy, maybe someone here can provide updated/accurate data on the matter :-? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.05.02.16.45...@gmail.com
