On 13 February 2010 08:16, Graham Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I have posted this on the Ubuntu forums as well, but hoping to > increase my chances of a solution by spreading the net. > > My Thinkpad T42 with Karmic freezes just after login, if I have a > digital projector connected. > > This is fresh install of Karmic that doesn't work. > > It was working fine with an 8.10 to 9.04 to 9.10 upgrades, so I wasn't > anticipating a problem with this fresh install, so slightly > embarrassing in my class today, especially as it came just after > extolling the virtues of Linux !! > > I won't be able to check this out now until next week, but can anyone > suggest what I should do. Until now and since 7.10, it has always > "just worked". Same Thinkpad, same projector, so no idea where to > start. > > One of the things that changed in karmic is display detection, which now happens through dbus, and there isn't a fixed xorg.conf any more, just a stub in /etc/X11. You will probably need to set up the projector as a device in xorg.conf.
There might be some clues as to what it's doing in dmesg or /var/log/Xorg.0.log. My guess is that the laptop might be attempting to switch its default display to the projector. Simon -- Looking for work My CV: http://sites.google.com/site/simongreenwoodscv/ Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/simonfgreenwood Support for unemployed IT professionals: http://groups.google.com/group/downtimeuk
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