Re: [gentoo-user] unable to drive the VGA output

[Matthias Krebs <matthias.krebs@gmail.com>]

Am Donnerstag 24 Juni 2010, 01:14:44 schrieb Allan Gottlieb:
> Laptop:   dell E6510
> Gentoo:   ~amd64
> Graphics: nvidia VVS 3100M
> 
> I am unable to drive the VGA output.  Symptoms include
> 
> * Executing "xrandr" does not mention LVDS or VGA
>   (and using --output VGA gives a warning that VGA doesn't exist)
try with default like :
xrandr --output default --mode 1280x1024

xrandr without options show the available resolutions, second line shows the 
output names, like "DVI-0 connected" or "default connected". on my one box 
with the nvidia driver i have "default connected"
> * Pushing Fn-F8 produces a "p" (the keycap of f8 shows in blue a picture
>   of a laptop and a monitor) instead of showing the screen on the other
>   display.
> 
> The xorg.conf file generated by nvidia-xconfig (below)  is fairly simple.
> I just added the module section at the end.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> allan
> 
> ================================================================
> 
> # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
> # nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder58)  Thu Apr 22
> 20:35:23 PDT 2010
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
>     Identifier     "Layout0"
>     Screen      0  "Screen0"
>     InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>     InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Files"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>     # generated from data in "/etc/conf.d/gpm"
>     Identifier     "Mouse0"
>     Driver         "mouse"
>     Option         "Protocol"
>     Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>     Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
>     Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>     # generated from default
>     Identifier     "Keyboard0"
>     Driver         "kbd"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier     "Monitor0"
>     VendorName     "Unknown"
>     ModelName      "Unknown"
>     HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
>     VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
>     Option         "DPMS"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier     "Device0"
>     Driver         "nvidia"
>     VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier     "Screen0"
>     Device         "Device0"
>     Monitor        "Monitor0"
>     DefaultDepth    24
>     SubSection     "Display"
>         Depth       24
>     EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
>     # Load         "dri"
>     load         "glx"
> EndSection