Created attachment 319542 [details] Normal xorg.conf Description of problem: We are trying to set up a Fedora 8 system so that it displays on both the monitor and a projector. We are using a Trendnet video splitter with one output port marked DDC2/PnP Port. When a monitor is plugged into both output ports, Xorg refuses to start and Xorg.0.log contains: (II) intel(0): Output VGA disconnected (EE) intel(0): No valid modes. When the monitor is plugged directly into the onboard video card, everything works perfectly. If xorg is started with the monitor plugged in, and then the splitter is plugged in *after* xorg starts, everything works perfectly. So the question is, can I force Xorg to use the settings from when the monitor is plugged in directly, or is there a way for Xorg to detect the monitor settings from the "DDC2/PnP Port"? Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xorg-x11-drv-i810-2.1.1-7.fc8 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Plug video splitter into onboard video card 2. Attempt to start xorg 3. Actual results: Thrown back to cli Expected results: Fedora 8 login screen
Created attachment 319543 [details] Xorg.0.log when video splitter is plugged in
Created attachment 319544 [details] Xorg.0.log when monitor is plugged directly into computer
Created attachment 319545 [details] Xorg.conf with modelines I have attempted to set modelines in Xorg, but with no success. Here's what I was trying.
Created attachment 319835 [details] Fedora 9 Xorg.0.log Just an FYI, I installed Fedora 9 on a separate partition and it goes one step further: when I start X, it shuts off the output to the monitor, and I have to ssh in to the machine to be able to do anything. The error message in Xorg.0.log is attached. The problem seems to be that the driver isn't able to detect the monitor through the video splitter, and therefore thinks that no monitor is plugged in. It seems that F9 is smart enough to shut off the output to the monitor when no monitor is plugged in (for power savings?). I can upgrade the F9 system to Rawhide if there have been some more major changes in the driver that haven't filtered back down to F9, but I'd obviously prefer not to.
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