On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:41 AM, James Robertson <j...@mesrobertson.com> wrote: >> The only other option I was going to try was using a Display port to >> DVI adapter from the side of my laptop to replace the VGA from the >> docking station. If I purchase one to try that I'll let you know. > > I bought a an Active display port adapter for my laptop. That won't > even work with resolutions above 1280x1024 under Debian (works fine up > to native 1980x1080 res on Windows 7). > > I wanted to use one of my monitors in portrait mode but the the > rotation would not work if I had Option "NoAccel" "true". Of course > disabling it meant I get the hideous screen corruption. > > All of this works fine on Windows 7 with DVI/VGA or Display Port so at > least I can confirm it's not a hardware limitation. > > I am quite bummed to have this problem. Can anyone suggest ways in > which I can troubleshoot/resolve it?
Can you try a newer kernel? 3.6 or 3.7? That may help with the modesettings. As for the acceleration, corruption, you might try a newer version of mesa. Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CADnq5_OiUdx-80yc7w7fX5dsi-QT=fv9At=Dws=kn6J-HD=n...@mail.gmail.com
