Dell D620 external monitor

[thepurplemonkey]

Found a post on ubuntu-users and now it works! Here's the config that does the trick:

Apparently adding : Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP" to each device section did the trick. This is the original config from the ubuntu-users post. change the resolution(s) to match (1440x900)


# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics
Device"
Driver "i810"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Screen 0
Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "i810"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Screen 1
Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Laptop Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "External Monitor Acer"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Laptop Screen"
Device "Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device"
Monitor "Laptop Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Secondary Screen"
Device "Device1"
Monitor "External Monitor Acer"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Dual-monitor Layout"
Screen 0 "Laptop Screen" 0 0
Screen 1 "Secondary Screen" LeftOf "Laptop Screen"
# Option "Clone" "On"
Option "Xinerama" "On"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

[charles.figura]

Hrm. Well, I tried that, and it worked a bit better than not doing it.

I have the problem that when I toggle, the instruction acts like a stack - it goes from laptop to CRT, to Both, to Both (again), to CRT, to laptop. If you hit FnF8 again, the display goes away and doesn't come back.

Does yours behave like this?

[thepurplemonkey]

I haven't tried Fn-F8 since I did this (and I'm in Windows now). I'll try it and see what happens, though I don't cycle through too much (I will be doing a presentation next week though). When I've done that before it applied the 1440x900 to my external monitor.

[chaag]

I am also running a D620 (Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.06) -- I have never managed to get the fn+f8 key combo to work. In my case, nothing happens.

I have installed both i855-crt and i810switch to no affect (effect?)

oddly this worked out of box on my old D600.

Any advice would be great thanks

-chris