[solved] Re: [gentoo-user] Xinerama on 945GM: "Set VBE mode failed"

[solved] Re: [gentoo-user] Xinerama on 945GM: "Set VBE mode failed"

[Gian Domeni Calgeer]

Am Sonntag, 20. Mai 2007 06:44 schrieb Dan Farrell:
> Have you tried without these two lines?
>
> |    Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP"
> |    Option "DevicePresence" "true"

Thanks for the suggestion, but if I remove them it says you have to have a 
MonitorLayout option. The solution was to plug the monitor only right before 
X starts. 

Gian
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RE: [solved] Re: [gentoo-user] Xinerama on 945GM: "Set VBE mode failed"

[burlingk]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gian Domeni Calgeer [mailto:gidoca@gmx.ch] 
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 12:41 AM
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: [solved] Re: [gentoo-user] Xinerama on 945GM: "Set 
> VBE mode failed"
 <snip>
> Thanks for the suggestion, but if I remove them it says you 
> have to have a 
> MonitorLayout option. The solution was to plug the monitor 
> only right before 
> X starts. 
> 
> Gian

If you mean to physically plug the device in when you are 
starting X, that is not a satisfactory option by any means. :/

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Re: [solved] Re: [gentoo-user] Xinerama on 945GM: "Set VBE mode failed"

[Gian Domeni Calgeer]

Am Sonntag, 20. Mai 2007 17:57 schrieb burlingk@cv63.navy.mil:
> If you mean to physically plug the device in when you are
> starting X, that is not a satisfactory option by any means. :/

That is exactly what I mean. The problem seems to be that the BIOS sets the 
external monitor as the default output device if it is already plugged when 
the computer is switched on. Unlike my father's notebook, mine doesn't have 
an option in the BIOS setup to set the internal screen as the default output 
device. 

Gian
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Re: [solved] Re: [gentoo-user] Xinerama on 945GM: "Set VBE mode failed"

[Allan Gottlieb]

At Sun, 20 May 2007 19:13:24 +0200 Gian Domeni Calgeer <gidoca@gmx.ch> wrote:

> Am Sonntag, 20. Mai 2007 17:57 schrieb burlingk@cv63.navy.mil:
>> If you mean to physically plug the device in when you are
>> starting X, that is not a satisfactory option by any means. :/
>
> That is exactly what I mean. The problem seems to be that the BIOS sets the 
> external monitor as the default output device if it is already plugged when 
> the computer is switched on. Unlike my father's notebook, mine doesn't have 
> an option in the BIOS setup to set the internal screen as the default output 
> device. 

Have you tried booting (with the device plugged in) into single user
mode, then trying to convince the system to use the built in screen as
the default device (fn-f7 on my machine), and finally exiting the
single user shell to go multiuser?  (One could also hit fn-f7 while
the system has the grub screen displayed and then go straight to
multiuser.)

I need to use such tricks since my laptop is 1680x1050 while the
external monitor is 1600x1200.  I find that having the (text) output
already directed to the external monitor (mine defaults to internal)
prior to xdm/gdm invocation is useful (necessary?) to get 1600x1200
resolution.

allan
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Re: [solved] Re: [gentoo-user] Xinerama on 945GM: "Set VBE mode failed"

[Gian Domeni Calgeer]

Am Mittwoch, 23. Mai 2007 18:08 schrieb Allan Gottlieb:
> Have you tried booting (with the device plugged in) into single user
> mode, then trying to convince the system to use the built in screen as
> the default device (fn-f7 on my machine), and finally exiting the
> single user shell to go multiuser?  (One could also hit fn-f7 while
> the system has the grub screen displayed and then go straight to
> multiuser.)

Thanks for the suggestion. On my machine this key doesn't do anything unless I 
use Windows. On http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Lenovo_3000_V100 it 
says: "The monitor switching button emits a scancode but is not tied to a 
keycode. " Obviously under Windows the screen is switched by software. 

Gian
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