Also, here's my dmesg from booting the 2.6.38 kernel, in case it's useful to help someone find out more about the issue: <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://pastebin.com/qgqd6iT4">http://pastebin.com/qgqd6iT4</a><div>
<br></div><div><a href="http://pastebin.com/qgqd6iT4"></a> - Bryan<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 21:34, Bryan Hoyt | Brush Technology <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bryan@brush.co.nz">bryan@brush.co.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px">Hello,<div><br></div><div>I have an all-in-one tablet-like PC with a builtin monitor (LVDS1) and 2nd hotpluggable monitor (VGA1), using the intel graphics driver.</div>
<div><br></div><div>My problem in a few words: if I don't have a 2nd screen plugged in at boot, I can't see a thing once X loads. If I have a 2nd screen plugged in at boot, everything works more-or-less ok.</div>
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<br></div><div>Details of unit:</div><div><div><ul><li>Xorg: 1.7.6</li><li>Linux: 2.6.32-27-generic (and I've also tried with the very latest 2.6.38 Ubuntu Natty Narwhal kernel, same problem)</li>
<li>Ubuntu: 10.04 Lucid Lynx</li><li>Graphics card: Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)</li><li>Unit: Axiomtek GOT-5100T-830 All-in-One 10.4” SVGA TFT Fanless Touch Panel Computer with Intel® AtomTM N270 Processor Onboard</li>
</ul></div></div><div><br></div><div>More detail: If I have VGA1 unplugged at boot, X detects it (VGA1) as primary for some reason, and shows a blank screen on LVDS1 (but during BIOS load, grub, and plymouth splash, the picture shows on LVDS1 as expected. I'd expect X to do the same, but it doesn't). When I plug in VGA1, the picture shows up fine on there, but no pic on LVDS1 until I load up Monitor Preferences or use xrandr. If VGA1 is plugged in during boot, then both screens operate as expected.</div>
<div><br></div><div><div>I want it to boot smoothly, with no flicker, in both situations (2nd screen plugged & unplugged), so using xrandr dynamically after X loads isn't really an option.</div>
</div><div><ul><li>Xorg.conf: none (I've tried various xorg.conf settings, but none help, so it works just as badly with no config file)</li><li>lspci: <a href="http://pastebin.com/n6bPhupW" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 204)" target="_blank">http://pastebin.com/n6bPhupW</a></li>
<li>xrandr --verbose: <a href="http://pastebin.com/0gmRWARM" target="_blank">http://pastebin.com/0gmRWARM</a></li><li>Xorg.log withOUT 2nd monitor attached: <a href="http://pastebin.com/pyx5y2g0" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 204)" target="_blank">http://pastebin.com/J9adGpjb</a></li>
<li>Xorg.log WITH 2nd monitor attached: <a href="http://pastebin.com/wP1VEvHJ" target="_blank">http://pastebin.com/wP1VEvHJ</a></li></ul></div><div><a href="http://pastebin.com/n6bPhupW" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 204)" target="_blank"></a></div>
<div><a href="http://pastebin.com/pyx5y2g0" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 204)" target="_blank"></a><br></div><div>Can anyone help me delve further into the problem? Perhaps even help fix it? ;-)</div><div><br></div><div>I'd be very keen to chat with someone in person (Skype or something), if that's appropriate -- but I'm more than happy to discuss via this list if that's better.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Bryan</div></span><br><font color="#888888">-- <br><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse">PS. Check out the Brush newsletter: <a href="http://brush.co.nz/newsletters" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 204)" target="_blank"><b>Subscribe or read our previous newsletters</b></a><br>
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