Hi Lasse,

is there any Logging from X11?
have you tried to plug a second monitor?

best regards,
Andy

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:05:44 +0100
Lasse Riis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> When Xorg starts on my laptop (or actually Gentoo boots and xdm is 
> started) the X startup procedure involves blanking, or actually
> powering off my display completely. This has always been "standard
> procedure" to me, and I've gotten used to it over the years.
> 
> However, in my current setup it actually "blinks" or powers off
> twice. It might be the version of Xorg, or it might be this laptop.
> In any case I didn't notice it till now.
> 
> I've Googled some to find out what's actually going on but to no
> avail. Some says it's probing for external monitors and thus turns
> off VGA which in turn causes my laptop display to power off(?).
> 
> Is there a way to disable this? I don't need probing for external 
> monitors on every X start. preferably I'd like to not have the
> monitor turn of at all. But I would at least like to prevent it from
> doing it twice.
> 
> I'm on a Thinkpad x60s with this graphics controller:
> 
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile
> 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
> 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 
> 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
> 
> My current xorg.conf is pretty much auto-generated, but looks like
> this: Section "ServerLayout"
>       Identifier     "X.org Configured"
>       Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>       InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>       InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Files"
>       RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
>       ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
>       FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
>       FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
>       FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
>       FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
>       FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
>       FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
>       Load  "dbe"
>       Load  "GLcore"
>       Load  "glx"
>       Load  "dri"
>       Load  "record"
>       Load  "xtrap"
>       Load  "extmod"
>       Load  "freetype"
>       Load  "type1"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>       Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>       Driver      "kbd"
>       Option          "CoreKeyboard"
>          Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
>          Option          "XkbModel"      "pc105"
>          Option          "XkbLayout"     "dvorak"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier  "Mouse0"
>         Driver      "mouse"
>         Option      "CorePointer"
>         Option      "Device"              "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option      "Protocol"            "ExplorerPS/2"
>         Option      "Emulate3Buttons"     "on"
>         Option      "Emulate3TimeOut"     "50"
>         Option      "EmulateWheel"        "on"
>         Option      "EmulateWheelTimeOut" "200"
>         Option      "EmulateWheelButton"  "2"
>         Option      "YAxisMapping"        "4 5"
>         Option      "XAxisMapping"        "6 7"
>         Option      "ZAxisMapping"        "4 5"
>   EndSection
> 
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>       Identifier   "LCD"
>       VendorName   "LEN"
>       ModelName    "4000"
> #     Option      "DPMS"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>       Identifier  "Card0"
>       Driver      "i810"
>       BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
>          Option      "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP"
>          Option      "FlipPrimary" "true"
>          Option      "LFP" ""
>          Screen      0
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>    Identifier   "External"
>    BusID        "PCI:0:2:0"
>    Driver       "i810"
>    Screen       1
>    Option "Ignore" "True"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>       Identifier "Screen0"
>       Device     "Card0"
>       Monitor    "LCD"
>       SubSection "Display"
>               Viewport   0 0
>               Depth     24
>               Modes   "1024x768"
>       EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 

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