Better MonitorLayout default for ATI-driven laptops?

[Alex Deucher]

On 10/14/07, Daniel Kasak <dkasak at nusconsulting.com.au> wrote:
> I tried out the zero-config X thingy on the weekend ( doing a complete
> re-install ), and found one show-stopper for zero-config operation on
> ATI laptops. The driver defaults to CRT ( I think - at least it doesn't
> default to the panel ) resulting in no output on the LCD panel. Perhaps
> this should be reversed, so TDMS or LDMS ( or whatever it is, I'm not at
> my laptop at the moment ) is the default. If I hadn't encountered this
> before, it would have taken me *ages* to figure out what the problem
> was.

What version of the ati driver are you using?  That latest version of
the driver should do the right thing (barring broken bioses and a few
XPRESS chips).

Alex