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From: Damien Levac <damien.levac@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 3.6: No external Monitor
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:08:54
Message-Id: 50ABD548.9030501@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 3.6: No external Monitor by "Norman Rieß"
1 On 11/20/12 13:33, Norman Rieß wrote:
2 > Am 20.11.2012 19:02, schrieb Florian Philipp:
3 >> Am 20.11.2012 14:52, schrieb Norman Rieß:
4 >>> Am 20.11.2012 13:51, schrieb Bruce Hill:
5 >>>> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 08:44:08AM +0100, Norman Rieß wrote:
6 >>>>> Hello,
7 >>>>>
8 >>>>> i am using a Thinkpad X301 with a DVI Monitor connected to the mini
9 >>>>> displayport.
10 >>>>> That worked perfectly for years, but with Kernel 3.6 (and 3.7rc) the DVI
11 >>>>> Monitor stays black on boot and it is not visible in xrandr. As if it
12 >>>>> wasn't connected at all.
13 >>>>> Rebooting with 3.5 brings back the Display with full functionality.
14 >>>>>
15 >>>>> All i found about this was a Fedora bugreport stating the issue, but is
16 >>>>> unanswered for a month now.
17 >>>>>
18 >>>>> Does someone got an idea here or faced the same issue and solved it?
19 >>>>>
20 >>>>> Regards,
21 >>>>> Norman
22 >>>> Can you give us a link to:
23 >>>>
24 >>>> (1) the Fedora bug report
25 >>>> (2) your 3.5 kernel .config
26 >>>> (3) your 3.6 (and 3.7rc) kernel .config(s)
27 >>>>
28 >>> Yes.
29 >>> (1) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869824
30 >>>
31 >>> (2) http://smash-net.org/temp/config-3.5.4
32 >>> (3) http://smash-net.org/temp/config-3.6.6
33 >>> http://smash-net.org/temp/config-3.7.0-rc6
34 >>>
35 >>>
36 >>>
37 >> What does `xrandr --current` say? (from x11-apps/xrandr)
38 >>
39 >> Regards,
40 >> Florian Philipp
41 >>
42 > In what situation? 3.5 or 3.6 kernel?
43 >
44 In doubt, both. But I'm fairly sure he meant 3.6 since there are no
45 problem to solve in 3.5. :P
46
47 Damien

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Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 3.6: No external Monitor "Norman Rieß" <norman@×××××××××.org>