also sprach Dr Andrew C Aitchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.13.1935 
+0200]:
> > i have a setup documented by the attached XF86Config-4 file
> 
> This wasn't attached when I received your mail.

You know how it goes. ;^>
This time...

> XFree86 uses DDC to detect a VGA monitor; for a laptop this usually means
> an external monitor, and X can behave differently, depending on the 
> details returned by the monitor, so it isn't a big suprise that it
> behaves differently if the monitor is plugged in at start up.

Would someone be able to explain to me why it causes this particular
behaviour that I described? I mean, if someone feels like it...

> The Radeon DDC support, especially for laptops, has been changed in the
> last week, so I suggest you try a very recent CVS build and see if that 
> helps.

Nice, but... I am a Debian user. I try as hard as I can to stay pure.
So I'll wait... (or do it the next time that I idle)

Is there maybe a part only that I need to compile by itself and use in
place of its predecessor in my current installation? Like the
radeon_dcc.o or radeon.o type of idea...

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