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Date:      Wed, 7 Nov 2007 09:55:38 +0100
From:      Anton Berezin <tobez@tobez.org>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: X Can't "see" my docked monitor - xorg, nvidia, or kde?
Message-ID:  <20071107085538.GA70315@heechee.tobez.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0711061307470.1136@ync.qbhto.arg>
References:  <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0711061307470.1136@ync.qbhto.arg>

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On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 01:19:18PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
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> I just did the mondo upgrade of the ports on my up to date 8-current 
> laptop. Whereas before the upgrade the default video output would always be 
> the monitor attached to the dock if my laptop was in the dock (which was 
> what I wanted), now X refuses to see the dock at all, and it will only come 
> up on the laptop screen.
> 
> The console works just fine on the dock's monitor, and I double-checked the 
> bios to make sure that the dock is set as primary video out. I also 
> commented out all mentions of the laptop's screen from xorg.conf, but it 
> steadfastly insists on coming up only on the laptop.
> 
> All my ports are up to date, including kde 3.5.8, and nvidia-driver 
> 100.14.19. I also tried with and without the -ignoreABI option, no change. 
> I should also point out that I'm using kdm, but I was using it before the 
> upgrade too. Turning kdm off and using startx has no effect (still comes up 
> only on the laptop screen).

> Any suggestions?

The content of /var/log/Xorg.0.log might be useful, but also try and play
with xrandr.  Xrandr --verbose should tell you what outputs i actually sees,
and then you can disable/enable individual outputs and see what happens.

\Anton.
-- 
We're going for 'working' here. 'clean' is for people with skills...
-- Flemming Jacobsen



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