Created attachment 627119 [details] /var/log/messages from boot to shutdown Description of problem: If laptop is booted with external VGA monitor connected, system hangs or crashes after login. Conversely, connecting the external monitor works fine *after* login. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.20.8-1.fc17.x86_64 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Connect external monitor. 2. Power on, wait for boot 3. Login Actual results: varies, but typically external monitor is blank, laptop screen just displays fedora background. Mouse moves (including off-screen into notional external monitor area), but 'windows' activity button won't bring up gnome-shell, and the system seems generally dead. Other times random lines have appeared on the screen. This particular time, ctl-alt-del successfully brought up the power-off dialogue. Expected results: The system to be usable with external monitor. Additional info: Note that if the system is booted without the external monitor, then the monitor is connected *after* login, it works fine, with the desktop spread across the two screens. Possibly related is the fact the laptop won't suspend while the external monitor is connected. This system is 5 years old, and has worked fine with fedora 14 and earlier. $ lsmod|grep video video 18936 1 i915 $ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1980, maximum 4096 x 4096 LVDS1 connected 1440x900+0+1080 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 304mm x 19000mm 1440x900 60.0*+ 1024x768 60.0 800x600 60.3 56.2 640x480 59.9 VGA1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 477mm x 268mm 1920x1080 60.0*+ 1680x1050 60.0 1680x945 60.0 1400x1050 60.0 1600x900 60.0 1280x1024 75.0 60.0 1440x900 75.0 59.9 1280x960 60.0 1366x768 60.0 1360x768 60.0 1280x800 74.9 59.8 1152x864 75.0 1280x768 74.9 59.9 1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0 1024x576 60.0 800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 72.8 75.0 60.0 720x400 70.1 TV1 unknown connection (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 848x480 59.9 + 640x480 59.9 + 1024x768 59.9 800x600 59.9
Oct 14 20:28:51 pigeon kernel: [ 0.726783] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel 945GM Chipset gen3 chips have 3d rendering limits that shell now tries harder to avoid. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 699705 ***