JPB wrote:
> No matter the external display I plug; the resolution is always reported as
> VGA 640x480.
> I have tried plugging several external displays/beamers with various
> resolution and have no choice but 640x480 resolution, if i try to unify
> outputs the lvds of my laptop is all messed up (desktop is 640x480 on the
> upper left corner) and i have to restart X.
> This is also true for 2008.1.
>
> lspcidrake | grep VGA
> Card:Intel 810 and later: Intel Corporation|Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML
> Express Integrated Graphics Controller [DISPLAY_VGA]
>
> xorg 1.4.0.90
> xrandr 1.2.3
> krandr 0.5.2.1
>
> Anything I can do to investigate ?

Chances are your monitor is not giving the EDID info correctly - tho' if
you have tried several displays this is unlikely. I have a similar chip
myself and it works fine :/

Perhaps your xorg.conf does something odd with disabling EDID or something?

Col

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