[ltp] X40, suspend and dual-head

[Alex Deucher]

On 8/8/07, Nacho Barrientos Arias <chipi@criptonita.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've been digging around the mailing list archives but I didn't find
> any clue to fix these problems. My apologies if it's documented
> somewhere.
>
> I'm a happy owner of a Thinkpad X40 running Debian GNU/Linux with a
> debian-patched 2.6.22 kernel. Everything works in good shape except
> the following issues.
>
> Suspend to RAM works good outside Xorg, but with Xorg running, once
> resumed, the screen is completely ruined with several black zones that
> renders the session unusable. Restarting Xorg does not fix the problem
> since the screen continues with those annoying black zones.
>
> On the other hand, I use xrandr to turn on and select the resolution
> of the external monitor through the VGA output. Well, 1024x768 set up
> in both screens works fine, but if I set 800x600 in the external
> monitor the resolution does not fit the screen (i.e. some parts of the
> screen are not shown), is there any way to make the outputs
> 'independent' (i.e. have the whole screen in both outputs using
> different resolutions)?
>
> I'm using Xorg 7.2, i810, ibm_acpi and console framebuffer. I tried
> several fixes such as "acpi_sleep=s3_bios" as a kernel boot option,
> "SAVE_VIDEO_PCI_STATE=true" as an acpi_support option and so on
> without success.
>

if you are still using the older i810 bios-based driver, you might
want to try the newer intel driver along with xserver 1.3.

Alex