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From: "Norman Rieß" <norman@×××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 3.6: No external Monitor
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:11:57
Message-Id: 50AD0ADB.7000500@smash-net.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 3.6: No external Monitor by Florian Philipp
1 Am 20.11.2012 23:24, schrieb Florian Philipp:
2 > Am 20.11.2012 21:35, schrieb Norman Rieß:
3 >> Am 20.11.2012 20:08, schrieb Damien Levac:
4 >>> On 11/20/12 13:33, Norman Rieß wrote:
5 >>>> Am 20.11.2012 19:02, schrieb Florian Philipp:
6 >>>>> Am 20.11.2012 14:52, schrieb Norman Rieß:
7 >>>>>> Am 20.11.2012 13:51, schrieb Bruce Hill:
8 >>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 08:44:08AM +0100, Norman Rieß wrote:
9 >>>>>>>> Hello,
10 >>>>>>>>
11 >>>>>>>> i am using a Thinkpad X301 with a DVI Monitor connected to the mini
12 >>>>>>>> displayport.
13 >>>>>>>> That worked perfectly for years, but with Kernel 3.6 (and 3.7rc) the DVI
14 >>>>>>>> Monitor stays black on boot and it is not visible in xrandr. As if it
15 >>>>>>>> wasn't connected at all.
16 > [...]
17 >>>>> What does `xrandr --current` say? (from x11-apps/xrandr)
18 >>>>>
19 >>>> In what situation? 3.5 or 3.6 kernel?
20 >>>>
21 >>> In doubt, both. But I'm fairly sure he meant 3.6 since there are no
22 >>> problem to solve in 3.5. :P
23 >>>
24 >>
25 >> Yeah, i was kinda irritated by that question, as i allready said, that
26 >> xrandr does not show the display.
27 > [...]
28 >
29 > Sorry, missed that part.
30 >
31 > Can you try without KMS?
32 > http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModesetting
33 >
34 > Regards,
35 > Florian Philipp
36 >
37
38 Setting nomodeset does not solve the problem.
39
40 Regards,
41 Norman

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Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 3.6: No external Monitor Bruce Hill <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com>