xorg, system hangs, aspect ratio, 10.10beta

[Tory]

Hello All,

For a long time I have had this this sketchy SOYO LCD monitor that I have attached to my laptop.
I just got a new laptop a Dell Latitude E6410 and tried installing Ubuntu 10.04 on it.
I had lots of problems with the display so I decided to just use the 10.10 beta since I had used 10.04beta and it worked pretty well.

Ubuntu has never detected the proper aspect ratio for this monitor so I have always had to do some configuration with the xorg file to get it to work.

Using bits and pieces of previous xorg files I finally came up with this

--------------------------Start xorg.conf-----------------------------------------------

Section "Monitor"
       Identifier "Monitor0"
       VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
       ModelName "Monitor Model"
       Modeline "1440x900_60" 106.47 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 901 904 932 -HSync +Vsync
EndSection

Section "Screen"
       Identifier "Screen0"
       Device "Card0"
       Monitor "Monitor0"
       SubSection "Display"
               Viewport 0 0
               Depth 24
               Modes "1440x900_60.00"
       EndSubSection
EndSection

------------------------------------end xorg.conf------------------------------------------------------

This is the graphics chip: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)

Getting the proper set up has not been an easy task. Here is some trial and error that I have just run though. Prior to this trial and error I did run sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade

monitor is unplugged
I boot
I login
I get to gnome
I go to system>preferences>Monitors
I plug in monitor
I press auto detect
System detects monitor, with correct resolution.
Both laptop screen and external screens are properly enabled.

I restart
Unplug monitor around bios prompt
I login
I get to gnome
I plug in monitor
I go to system>preferences>Monitors
System hangs

I force shutdown my holding down power button

I unplug monitor
I turn on computer
I login
I get to gnome
I go to system>prerferences>monitors
I plug monitor in (just as I did in the first test)
I press auto detect
System hangs

I force shutdown

I unplug monitor
I boot
I login
I get to gnome
I restart

System boots
I login
I get to gnome
I go to system>preferences>monitors
I plugin monitor
I press autodetect
Everything works great

I restart
I unplug monitor around bios screen
I login
I get to gnome
I go to system>preferences>monitors
I plugin monitor
press auto detect, things work great

I reboot

I do NOT unplug monitor
I get to login screen
External monitor's on screen display flashes "out of range"
I login
can't access any panels
I hit alt f2
I run gnome-terminal
I run sudo shutdown -r now

I spaced out and forgot to unplug monitor
I get to login
other monitor still out of range
I get into gnome
and initiate restart again

I unplug during bios screen
I log in
I get to gnome
I go to sytem>preferences>monitors
I plug monitor in
I click auto detect
computer hangs

I force shutdown by holding power key

I unplug
I boot
I login
I restart

I login
I get to gnome
I go to system>preferences>monitors
I plug in
I press auto detect
System hangs

I force shutdown
I unplug
I boot
I login
I get to gnome
I plug monitor in
I go to system>preferences>monitors
system hangs
I force shutdown

I unplug
I boot
I login
I get to gnome
I shutdown

I boot
I login
I get to gnome
I go to system>preferences>monitors
I plugin
I press auto detect
system hangs
I force shutdown

I unplug monitor
I boot
I login
I get to gnome
I remove xorg file
I reboot

I login
I get to gnome
I add back the xorg file
I restart

I login
I get to gnome
I go to system>preferences>monitors
I plug the monitor in
I press detect
Everything works great

I hope this might help some how.
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Architecture: i386
DRM.card0.DisplayPort.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1280x800 1280x800
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DRM.card0.DisplayPort.2:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.DisplayPort.3:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI_Type_A.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.HDMI_Type_A.2:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: On
 modes:
 edid-base64:
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta i386 (20100901.1)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6410
Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-19-generic root=UUID=35fa6dc8-f8ba-4e6e-8412-7e1d55c1895f ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_CA.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.28-generic 2.6.35.3
Tags: maverick maverick
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
dmi.bios.date: 07/08/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A04
dmi.board.name: 0667CC
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A01
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA04:bd07/08/2010:svnDellInc.:pnLatitudeE6410:pvr0001:rvnDellInc.:rn0667CC:rvrA01:cvnDellInc.:ct9:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Latitude E6410
dmi.product.version: 0001
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: maverick
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.35-19-generic

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