xserver-xorg configure does not allow using external VGA

[Hubert Figuiere]

xserver-xorg configuration does not allow using external VGA output on a
PowerBook G3/400. It needs at least a second monitor section.

I don't have the universal solution anyhow as I couldn't make it work with
manual tweaking.

http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/XorgAutoconfiguration: http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/XorgAutoconfiguration

[Daniel Stone (daniels)]

It doesn't work with r128, but should work by default on Intel i8xx and ATI
Radeon chipsets. Don't know about nv.

[Daniel Stone (daniels)]

and this is mostly subsumed by XorgAutoconfiguration, I guess

[Daniel Stone (daniels)]

*** Bug 21275 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Daniel Stone (daniels)]

*** Bug 21418 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Daniel Stone (daniels)]

*** Bug 21424 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Thue Janus Kristensen (thuejk)]

The severity of this bug was changed to "enhancement" a few moments ago.

But in my bug 21424 my problem was that the screen on my laptop was
misconfigured, basically making X unusable with the autogenerated config. That
is a higher severity than "enhancement" I think, though I don't know the
specifics of how ubuntu bugs are rated.

[Daniel Stone (daniels)]

*** Bug 21275 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

(In reply to comment #6)
> The severity of this bug was changed to "enhancement" a few moments ago.
>
> But in my bug 21424 my problem was that the screen on my laptop was
> misconfigured, basically making X unusable with the autogenerated config. That
> is a higher severity than "enhancement" I think, though I don't know the
> specifics of how ubuntu bugs are rated.

That does sound like a different issue. Daniel?

[Jordy Potman (jordypotman)]

This is probably also the reason that the external VGA does not work correctly in X on my Compal CL56 with an ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 M10. It uses a SXGA+ 1400x1050 resolution which isn't supported by the external monitor.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/CompalCL56