Bug 17038

Please attach xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log according to http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/how_to_report_bug.html.

This problem seems similar to bug#11368. You can try the workaround suggested in comment#38 there.

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xorg.conf

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Xorg.0.log

I just attached xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log

I tried the workaround described in comment#38 of bug#11368 but I am not sure what to do exactly. Every time when I started X, the X-Server reported an incomplete xorg.conf. Sorry, I am only a Linux beginner, and my English is very poor.

(In reply to comment #4)
> I tried the workaround described in comment#38 of bug#11368 but I am not sure
> what to do exactly.

So you are writing "Monitor[0]" instead of "LVDS" as suggested in comment#38. But that doesn't matter.

The key point you were missing is that you should put "Ignore" line in the Monitor section, so it should be like:

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
Option "Ignore" "true"
EndSection

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Xorg.0.log.first

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Xorg.0.log.second

(In reply to comment #5)
So I tried two different versions of my xorg.config. In the first version I just inserted the "Option Ignore true" line into the existing Monitor-section:

Section "Monitor"
  DisplaySize  377 301
  HorizSync    30-82
  Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
  ModelName    "VIEWSONIC VP191B"
  Option       "Ignore" "true"
  Option       "PreferredMode" "1280x1024"
  VendorName   "VIEWSONIC"
  VertRefresh  50-70
  UseModes     "Modes[0]"
EndSection

In the second Version the Monitor-section just has two lines:

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
  Option       "Ignore" "true"
EndSection

With both versions I got only error messages, no X-server could be started. You find attachments with both xorg.o.log files ending with "first" for my first version und with "second" for my second version.

Sorry for having not made it clear. You should keep the external monitor (the original monitor in your xorg.conf), and add LVDS workaround, so it should be like:

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
  ModelName    "VIEWSONIC VP191B"
  Option       "PreferredMode" "1280x1024"
  VendorName   "VIEWSONIC"
  VertRefresh  50-70
  UseModes     "Modes[0]"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier   "LVDS"
  Option       "Ignore" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  BoardName    "965 GM"
  BusID        "0:2:0"
  Driver       "intel"
  Identifier   "Device[0]"
  Option       "monitor-VGA" "Monitor[0]"
  Option       "monitor-LVDS" "LVDS"
  VendorName   "Intel"
  Option       "ModeDebug"	"TRUE"
EndSection

(In reply to comment #9)
It works!!! I am very happy to report this! Thank you for pointing me to the right direction. I thought that there could be only one Monitor section.

So I marked my bug report as a duplicate of bug#11368, i hope this is the correct way.

Just one question: is it possible that future versions of the intel-driver will function "out of the box"? My intel-driver which comes with openSUSE has the version-number 2.3.1

Once again, thank you very much!!!



*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 11368 ***

(In reply to comment #10)
> So I marked my bug report as a duplicate of bug#11368, i hope this is the
> correct way.

Correct.

> Just one question: is it possible that future versions of the intel-driver will
> function "out of the box"? My intel-driver which comes with openSUSE has the
> version-number 2.3.1

Yes, we want to fix it so it would work out of the box. That's why we keep bug#11368 open. I hope this could be fixed in next (2.5) release.