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From: "Norman Rieß" <norman@smash-net.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel 3.6: No external Monitor
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:09:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50AD0ADB.7000500@smash-net.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <50AC0337.6020103@binarywings.net>

Am 20.11.2012 23:24, schrieb Florian Philipp:
> Am 20.11.2012 21:35, schrieb Norman Rieß:
>> Am 20.11.2012 20:08, schrieb Damien Levac:
>>> On 11/20/12 13:33, Norman Rieß wrote:
>>>> Am 20.11.2012 19:02, schrieb Florian Philipp:
>>>>> Am 20.11.2012 14:52, schrieb Norman Rieß:
>>>>>> Am 20.11.2012 13:51, schrieb Bruce Hill:
>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 08:44:08AM +0100, Norman Rieß wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> i am using a Thinkpad X301 with a DVI Monitor connected to the mini
>>>>>>>> displayport.
>>>>>>>> That worked perfectly for years, but with Kernel 3.6 (and 3.7rc) the DVI
>>>>>>>> Monitor stays black on boot and it is not visible in xrandr. As if it
>>>>>>>> wasn't connected at all.
> [...]
>>>>> What does `xrandr --current` say? (from x11-apps/xrandr)
>>>>>
>>>> In what situation? 3.5 or 3.6 kernel?
>>>>
>>> In doubt, both. But I'm fairly sure he meant 3.6 since there are no
>>> problem to solve in 3.5. :P
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, i was kinda irritated by that question, as i allready said, that
>> xrandr does not show the display.
> [...]
> 
> Sorry, missed that part.
> 
> Can you try without KMS?
> http://wiki.debian.org/KernelModesetting
> 
> Regards,
> Florian Philipp
> 

Setting nomodeset does not solve the problem.

Regards,
Norman


  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-21 17:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-20  7:44 [gentoo-user] Kernel 3.6: No external Monitor Norman Rieß
2012-11-20 12:51 ` Bruce Hill
2012-11-20 13:52   ` Norman Rieß
2012-11-20 18:02     ` Florian Philipp
2012-11-20 18:33       ` Norman Rieß
2012-11-20 19:08         ` Damien Levac
2012-11-20 20:35           ` Norman Rieß
2012-11-20 21:46             ` Damien Levac
2012-11-20 22:24             ` Florian Philipp
2012-11-21 17:09               ` Norman Rieß [this message]
2012-11-21 17:45                 ` Bruce Hill

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