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["James M. Leddy" <869799@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tim,

The reason that this works when invoking xrandr manually is because it's
mirroring the display. By default when you plug it in, it tries to
"extend" the desktop to the other monitor. I've just learned (from
Sarvatt) that virtual desktop size is restricted to 1600x1600
(configurable through xorg.conf).

Also, from comment #4:

> The certification for Maverick was using the integrated GPU chip, since, at that time, the discrete GPU chip is too new to be 
> supported, but now Natty is using the discrete one.

Because the driver for the integrated GPU  don't have the 1600x1600
restriction, spanning the virtual desktop across both monitors would
have worked. In this sense, this isn't a true regression.

What I think should happen when the virtual desktop size is restricted
is to less than the full span of both desktops is that it should clone
the monitors when plugged in, and then the key to switch modes can span
the desktops with overlap. If you would like, we can change this bug in
to a feature request for that functionality.

I'm unsure why it works for HDMI.

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Title:
  [Dell inspiron M5110] no output while external VGA is connected

Status in “gnome-settings-daemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  no output while external VGA is connected, hdmi output is fine.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: linux-image-2.6.38-11-generic 2.6.38-11.50
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
  Architecture: i386
  ArecordDevices:
   **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
   card 1: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]
     Subdevices: 1/1
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  ubuntu     1435 F.... pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xff744000 irq 57'
     Mixer name	: 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
     Components	: 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
     Controls      : 4
     Simple ctrls  : 1
  Card0.Amixer.values:
   Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
     Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
     Playback channels: Mono
     Mono: Playback [on]
  Card1.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:1 'Generic_1'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xff740000 irq 16'
     Mixer name	: 'IDT 92HD87B1/3'
     Components	: 'HDA:111d76d1,102804b1,00100205'
     Controls      : 14
     Simple ctrls  : 9
  Date: Fri Oct  7 03:38:38 2011
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=c0387b11-d7a5-4b41-8687-65b94ee5be3c
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron M5110
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-11-generic root=UUID=40a14de6-8af6-45d9-b386-f024d1818675 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-11-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-11-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                             1.52
  SourcePackage: linux
  StagingDrivers: brcm80211
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 05/31/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: X16
  dmi.board.name: 4IE010
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: X16
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrX16:bd05/31/2011:svnDellInc.:pnInspironM5110:pvrNotSpecified:rvnDellInc.:rn4IE010:rvrX16:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified:
  dmi.product.name: Inspiron M5110
  dmi.product.version: Not Specified
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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