[ltp] Using the external VGA on X40

[Adam Goode]

"xrandr -s 0" seems to reinitialize just the right bits to fix that
problem on my machine. (At least until I switch the display again.)


Adam



On Sun, 2005-05-01 at 18:14 +0200, Martin Samuelsson wrote:
> As is widely known there are bugs with the Intel graphics adapter and the
> X40. During my first months it annoyed me that the screen moved down
> after lid close, then information from this list made me put the
> following line in /etc/init.d/acpid
> 
> 	echo auto_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video
> 
> Which made the problem go away for a couple of months until now when I
> want to use the external VGA to hold a presentation in a few weeks.
> 
> Has anyone a clue on how to use an external display without messing up
> the screen? When feeding /proc/acpi/ibm/video with any appropriate
> string the screen jumps down a cm or two. I've tried starting the X
> server after switching to external, but as soon as X boots up it
> switches the display back to LCD.
> 
> Do you think that I could put anything in the X servers configuration
> file to make it work?
> 
> In case it matters I'm using Debian/Sarge and updates it daily. (Would
> anyone know if anything on this screen issue is at all reported to the
> BTS?)
> --
> /Martin