On 07/24/2012 02:33 PM, Philippe LeCavalier wrote: > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Andrew Haley <aph@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 07/24/2012 01:24 PM, Philippe LeCavalier wrote: >>>>> video chipset: >>>>> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, >>>>> 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) >>>>> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, >>>>> 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) >>>>> >>>>> packages: >>>>> gnome-shell 3.4.1 >>>>> kernel 3.4.0-1.fc17.i686 >>>>> >>> Anyone? >>> >> >> What does xrandr say? What happens after ctrl-alt-bksp? Is this GNOME >> specific? > > > Thanks for responding Andrew. I appreciate the assistance. > > ctrl-alt-bksp only helps recovery prior top unchecking mirror displays. > After that, ctrl-alt-bksp leaves me with either 2 black screens or a > blacked out monitor and oscillating/flickering LCD. > > Xrandr LCD only > > $ sudo xrandr > Swipe your right index finger on UPEK TouchStrip > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 800, maximum 4096 x 4096 > LVDS1 connected 1280x800+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm > x 0mm > 1280x800 60.0*+ > 1024x768 60.0 > 800x600 60.3 56.2 > 640x480 59.9 > VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > TV1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > > Xrandr LCD+MONITOR > $ sudo xrandr > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 4096 x 4096 > LVDS1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm > x 0mm > 1280x800 60.0 + > 1024x768 60.0* > 800x600 60.3 56.2 > 640x480 59.9 > VGA1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm > x 0mm > 1024x768 60.0* > 800x600 60.3 56.2 > 848x480 60.0 > 640x480 59.9 > TV1 unknown connection (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > 848x480 59.9 + > 640x480 59.9 + > 1024x768 59.9 > 800x600 59.9 OK, so it does see your display. That's good. I couldn't get my laptop to recognize the external monitor without a ctrl-alt-bksp to scan the monitors. Now have a look in /var/log/Xorg.0.log and we can see what's happening. Try a few things like xrandr --auto --output VGA1 --same-as LVDS1 Andrew. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
