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apeiro

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From: Victoria, BC, Canada

Registered: 2002-08-12

Posts: 771

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Eee PC 1000HE doesn't detect external monitor

Hey all,

Just traded up my Eee 901 for a 1000he.  The upgrade was worth it for the keyboard alone.  Hello (properly-located) right shift key -- I've missed you.

The only problem I've had so far is that it doesn't seem to detect an external display when one is connected.  xrandr sees nothing.

Has anyone else run into this problem yet?  I've tried both xf86-video-intel and xf86-video-intel-legacy, but no change.  I'm running the stock Arch kernel.

Cheers,

- J

madalu

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Registered: 2009-05-05

Posts: 217

Re: Eee PC 1000HE doesn't detect external monitor

I have an Asus 1000he hooked up to an external monitor and xrandr properly detects the VGA monitor.

I'm using hal and foregoing the xorg.conf altogether.

What are the settings in your xorg.conf?

apeiro

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From: Victoria, BC, Canada

Registered: 2002-08-12

Posts: 771

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Re: Eee PC 1000HE doesn't detect external monitor

I pretty much took the xorg.conf from the 1000he wiki page.

Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier     "X.org Configured"
  Screen          0  "Screen0"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
  Option "DontZap"    "false"
EndSection

Section "Files"
   ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/local"
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
   FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri2"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier  "IntelCard"
  Driver      "intel"
  VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
  BoardName   "Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller"
  BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
  # Override Intel's default 2d acceleration (XXA) with the new X.org acceleration
  Option "AccelMethod" "exa" 
  Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier "Monitor0"
  VendorName "ASUS"
  ModelName  "eeePC 1000he"
  Modeline   "1024x600" 48.86 1024 1064 1168 1312 600 601 604 622 -Hsync +Vsync
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier "Screen0"
  Device     "IntelCard"
  Monitor    "Monitor0"
  SubSection "Display"
    Viewport   0 0
    Depth     1
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Viewport   0 0
    Depth     4
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Viewport   0 0
    Depth     8
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Viewport   0 0
    Depth     15
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Viewport   0 0
    Depth     16
  EndSubSection
  SubSection "Display"
    Viewport   0 0
    Depth     24
    Virtual 1280 1024 #Set to resolution of CRT/External
  EndSubSection
EndSection

madalu

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Registered: 2009-05-05

Posts: 217

Re: Eee PC 1000HE doesn't detect external monitor

I tried starting X with your xorg.conf and xrandr detected my VGA
monitor just fine. Here are the versions of some of the relevant
packages that I have installed currently.

intel-dri 7.4.2-1
xf86-video-intel 2.7.1-1 (xorg-video-drivers)
xorg-server 1.6.1.901-1 (xorg)
xf86-video-intel 2.7.1-1 (xorg-video-drivers)
libxrandr 1.3.0-1
lxrandr 0.1-1 (lxde)
randrproto 1.3.0-1

apeiro

Daddy

From: Victoria, BC, Canada

Registered: 2002-08-12

Posts: 771

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Re: Eee PC 1000HE doesn't detect external monitor

Finally figured it out.  I have two identical LCD monitors but one seems to be a little braindead.  Though it works with my desktop, the eee wouldn't recognize it.

I just tried with the other monitor and it was detected just fine.

Thanks for the help, madalu.  Cheers!