On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:52:19 -0800
wes <[email protected]> dijo:

>> I have another monitor that my desktop is normally connected to
>> (Samsung). The nouveau driver sees it as well, but still can't get
>> it to display anything. If I connect the Viewsonic to the desktop
>> computer it works fine. So we know the cables and monitors are good.

>What video hardware / driver does your desktop use?

The laptop is a Thinkpad T61 with nVidia Quadro NVS 140M. The desktop
uses the nVidia GeForce 6150 built into the motherboard (Asus
M2NPV-VM, running Jaunty x86_64). The desktop is normally connected to
a Samsung 206BW at 1680x1050. I also have a Viewsonic VG2021m borrowed
from Keith. Both monitors work fine when connected to the desktop. When
connected to the VGA output on the laptop both monitors are recognized
and there is a faint backlight. They take commands from xrandr, like
--off and so on, but nothing I have tried will get them to produce a
display. 

Previously, when running the nVidia proprietary driver with the
Viewsonic connected to the laptop it displayed the screen fine, so I
take this as evidence that the external plug on the laptop is working
as well.

I'm about to reinstall the nVidia driver on the laptop and see if I can
get it to display 1400x1050 with a custom EDID file. If not, the
presentation will be at 1280x960. I don't have time to wait for nouveau
or nVidia to come up with bugfixes.
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