Trouble shooting: xrandr, external monitor remains blank (black)

[Steven Webb]

2008/7/25 Alex Deucher <alexdeucher at gmail.com>:
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 4:53 AM, Steven Webb
> <steven.daniel.webb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Alex,
>>
>> I had a bit of trouble compiling ati 6.9.0, but I've finally managed
>> it. Unfortunately the result is still the same.
>
> Unfortunately, the DAC setup on those older IGP chips is kind strange;
> I'm not sure it's ever worked on certain chips.  I've been trying to
> find out more about them internally, but haven't had much luck so far.
>  I'll let you know if I find out more.

Is there anyway to enable composite synchronization under X? When I
enable this under microsoft windows the external monitor works
correctly.

Is there anything else I could look into to try and debug this issue?

Thank you.

Steve.