I've just been given a new work laptop. It's a Dell M4800 with an ATI graphics card, using 64-bit 13.1 and the fglrx drivers. I have three screen configurations that I want to use:
1. The laptop display
2. A docking station connected to a DVI 1920x1080 and a VGA 1280x1024 monitor pair
3. A 1920x1080 monitor connected to an Aten CS 1972 HDMI KVM
1 & 2 seem to be fine (though I'm going to have to check 2 again once I get back to work after all the fiddling)
3 is turning out to be a problem
If I boot with the laptop lid closed, I can see the boot on the monitor until X starts, at which point the screen goes black
If I boot stand alone and then plug the HDMI cable in, the laptop screen goes black and the monitor is also black. If I switch to a console using Alt-Ctrl-F1 then the monitor shows the console just fine. When I unplug the HDMI cable, the laptop screen switches on again.
This setup has worked fine with my old laptop (with an nvidia card) in the past.
The tail of /var/log/Xorg.log.0 when I plug the HDMI cable in is shown below. So the monitor is being detected.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what is going on?
[ 4585.272] (II) fglrx(0): Hot-plug event occurs on device: 1:0:0
[ 4586.266] (II) fglrx(0): EDID vendor "CMN", prod id 5553
[ 4586.266] (II) fglrx(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 4586.266] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 152.54 1920 2010 2070 2226 1080 1086 1095 1142 +hsync -vsync (68.5 kHz eP)
[ 4586.266] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 96.27 1920 1973 2008 2158 1080 1083 1088 1115 +hsync -vsync (44.6 kHz e)
[ 4586.283] (II) fglrx(0): xdl_xs114_atiddxDisplayScreenEnableDisplays
[ 4586.440] (II) fglrx(0): EDID vendor "CMN", prod id 5553
[ 4586.440] (II) fglrx(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 4586.440] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 152.54 1920 2010 2070 2226 1080 1086 1095 1142 +hsync -vsync (68.5 kHz eP)
[ 4586.440] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 96.27 1920 1973 2008 2158 1080 1083 1088 1115 +hsync -vsync (44.6 kHz e)
[ 4586.492] (II) fglrx(0): EDID vendor "CMN", prod id 5553
[ 4586.492] (II) fglrx(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 4586.492] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 152.54 1920 2010 2070 2226 1080 1086 1095 1142 +hsync -vsync (68.5 kHz eP)
[ 4586.492] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 96.27 1920 1973 2008 2158 1080 1083 1088 1115 +hsync -vsync (44.6 kHz e)
[ 4587.665] (II) fglrx(0): EDID vendor "CMN", prod id 5553
[ 4587.665] (II) fglrx(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 4587.665] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 152.54 1920 2010 2070 2226 1080 1086 1095 1142 +hsync -vsync (68.5 kHz eP)
[ 4587.665] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 96.27 1920 1973 2008 2158 1080 1083 1088 1115 +hsync -vsync (44.6 kHz e)
[ 4587.682] (II) fglrx(0): xdl_xs114_atiddxDisplayScreenEnableDisplays
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): EDID vendor "SAM", prod id 1605
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 148.50 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz eP)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 148.50 1920 2448 2492 2640 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync (56.2 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x720"x0.0 74.25 1280 1390 1430 1650 720 725 730 750 +hsync +vsync (45.0 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x720"x0.0 74.25 1280 1720 1760 1980 720 725 730 750 +hsync +vsync (37.5 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "720x576"x0.0 27.00 720 732 796 864 576 581 586 625 -hsync -vsync (31.2 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "720x480"x0.0 27.00 720 736 798 858 480 489 495 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0 31.50 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0 31.50 640 664 704 832 480 489 492 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0 30.24 640 704 768 864 480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0 28.32 720 738 846 900 400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0 78.75 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0 75.00 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "832x624"x0.0 57.28 832 864 928 1152 624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0 49.50 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0 50.00 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0 108.00 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0 71.00 1280 1328 1360 1440 800 803 809 823 +hsync -vsync (49.3 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x960"x0.0 108.00 1280 1376 1488 1800 960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1440x900"x0.0 88.75 1440 1488 1520 1600 900 903 909 926 +hsync -vsync (55.5 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1600x1200"x0.0 162.00 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync (75.0 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync (64.7 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1440x900"x0.0 136.75 1440 1536 1688 1936 900 903 909 942 -hsync +vsync (70.6 kHz e)
[ 4606.676] (II) fglrx(0): Hot-plug event occurs on device: 1:0:0
[ 4606.760] (II) fglrx(0): xdl_xs114_atiddxDisplayScreenEnableDisplays
[ 4606.834] (II) fglrx(0): EDID vendor "CMN", prod id 5553
[ 4606.834] (II) fglrx(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 4606.834] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 152.54 1920 2010 2070 2226 1080 1086 1095 1142 +hsync -vsync (68.5 kHz eP)
[ 4606.834] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 96.27 1920 1973 2008 2158 1080 1083 1088 1115 +hsync -vsync (44.6 kHz e)
[ 4606.922] (II) fglrx(0): EDID vendor "CMN", prod id 5553
[ 4606.922] (II) fglrx(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 4606.922] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 152.54 1920 2010 2070 2226 1080 1086 1095 1142 +hsync -vsync (68.5 kHz eP)
[ 4606.922] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 96.27 1920 1973 2008 2158 1080 1083 1088 1115 +hsync -vsync (44.6 kHz e)
1. The laptop display
2. A docking station connected to a DVI 1920x1080 and a VGA 1280x1024 monitor pair
3. A 1920x1080 monitor connected to an Aten CS 1972 HDMI KVM
1 & 2 seem to be fine (though I'm going to have to check 2 again once I get back to work after all the fiddling)
3 is turning out to be a problem
If I boot with the laptop lid closed, I can see the boot on the monitor until X starts, at which point the screen goes black
If I boot stand alone and then plug the HDMI cable in, the laptop screen goes black and the monitor is also black. If I switch to a console using Alt-Ctrl-F1 then the monitor shows the console just fine. When I unplug the HDMI cable, the laptop screen switches on again.
This setup has worked fine with my old laptop (with an nvidia card) in the past.
The tail of /var/log/Xorg.log.0 when I plug the HDMI cable in is shown below. So the monitor is being detected.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what is going on?
[ 4585.272] (II) fglrx(0): Hot-plug event occurs on device: 1:0:0
[ 4586.266] (II) fglrx(0): EDID vendor "CMN", prod id 5553
[ 4586.266] (II) fglrx(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 4586.266] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 152.54 1920 2010 2070 2226 1080 1086 1095 1142 +hsync -vsync (68.5 kHz eP)
[ 4586.266] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 96.27 1920 1973 2008 2158 1080 1083 1088 1115 +hsync -vsync (44.6 kHz e)
[ 4586.283] (II) fglrx(0): xdl_xs114_atiddxDisplayScreenEnableDisplays
[ 4586.440] (II) fglrx(0): EDID vendor "CMN", prod id 5553
[ 4586.440] (II) fglrx(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 4586.440] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 152.54 1920 2010 2070 2226 1080 1086 1095 1142 +hsync -vsync (68.5 kHz eP)
[ 4586.440] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 96.27 1920 1973 2008 2158 1080 1083 1088 1115 +hsync -vsync (44.6 kHz e)
[ 4586.492] (II) fglrx(0): EDID vendor "CMN", prod id 5553
[ 4586.492] (II) fglrx(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 4586.492] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 152.54 1920 2010 2070 2226 1080 1086 1095 1142 +hsync -vsync (68.5 kHz eP)
[ 4586.492] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 96.27 1920 1973 2008 2158 1080 1083 1088 1115 +hsync -vsync (44.6 kHz e)
[ 4587.665] (II) fglrx(0): EDID vendor "CMN", prod id 5553
[ 4587.665] (II) fglrx(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 4587.665] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 152.54 1920 2010 2070 2226 1080 1086 1095 1142 +hsync -vsync (68.5 kHz eP)
[ 4587.665] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 96.27 1920 1973 2008 2158 1080 1083 1088 1115 +hsync -vsync (44.6 kHz e)
[ 4587.682] (II) fglrx(0): xdl_xs114_atiddxDisplayScreenEnableDisplays
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): EDID vendor "SAM", prod id 1605
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Using hsync ranges from config file
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Using vrefresh ranges from config file
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 148.50 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz eP)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 148.50 1920 2448 2492 2640 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync (56.2 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x720"x0.0 74.25 1280 1390 1430 1650 720 725 730 750 +hsync +vsync (45.0 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x720"x0.0 74.25 1280 1720 1760 1980 720 725 730 750 +hsync +vsync (37.5 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "720x576"x0.0 27.00 720 732 796 864 576 581 586 625 -hsync -vsync (31.2 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "720x480"x0.0 27.00 720 736 798 858 480 489 495 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0 31.50 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0 31.50 640 664 704 832 480 489 492 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0 30.24 640 704 768 864 480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0 28.32 720 738 846 900 400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0 135.00 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0 78.75 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0 75.00 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "832x624"x0.0 57.28 832 864 928 1152 624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0 49.50 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0 50.00 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0 108.00 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x800"x0.0 71.00 1280 1328 1360 1440 800 803 809 823 +hsync -vsync (49.3 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x960"x0.0 108.00 1280 1376 1488 1800 960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1440x900"x0.0 88.75 1440 1488 1520 1600 900 903 909 926 +hsync -vsync (55.5 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1600x1200"x0.0 162.00 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync (75.0 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x0.0 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync (64.7 kHz e)
[ 4587.785] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1440x900"x0.0 136.75 1440 1536 1688 1936 900 903 909 942 -hsync +vsync (70.6 kHz e)
[ 4606.676] (II) fglrx(0): Hot-plug event occurs on device: 1:0:0
[ 4606.760] (II) fglrx(0): xdl_xs114_atiddxDisplayScreenEnableDisplays
[ 4606.834] (II) fglrx(0): EDID vendor "CMN", prod id 5553
[ 4606.834] (II) fglrx(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 4606.834] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 152.54 1920 2010 2070 2226 1080 1086 1095 1142 +hsync -vsync (68.5 kHz eP)
[ 4606.834] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 96.27 1920 1973 2008 2158 1080 1083 1088 1115 +hsync -vsync (44.6 kHz e)
[ 4606.922] (II) fglrx(0): EDID vendor "CMN", prod id 5553
[ 4606.922] (II) fglrx(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[ 4606.922] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 152.54 1920 2010 2070 2226 1080 1086 1095 1142 +hsync -vsync (68.5 kHz eP)
[ 4606.922] (II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0 96.27 1920 1973 2008 2158 1080 1083 1088 1115 +hsync -vsync (44.6 kHz e)