Similar problem here on a Dell Inspiron 2600 where lspci reports Intel 82830 CGC rev 04 video. Squeeze is installed and an external monitor is attached. Both screens work in the early stages. After the laptop screen goes black these are the first two lines on the external.
done. Setting preliminary keymap...done. xrandr can't even find a display. root@dell:~# xrandr Can't open display From: Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org> Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:40:28 +0200 > If not please file a bug upstream following > http://intellinuxgraphics.org/how_to_report_bug.html and include dmesg > when booting with drm.debug=4 and register dumps in the good/bad cases > obtained with the intel_reg_dumper tool from > http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/intel-gpu-tools Will be an interesting and enjoyable exercise as soon as I get an afternoon, or so, to spare. =8~) Regards, ... Peter E. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org