Can you attach the output of lspcidrake -v ?

Created attachment 1965 [details]
lspcidrake -v output, as requested

We need the output of "monitor-edid --MonitorsDB"

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
Source RPM: drakx-kbd-mouse-x11 => ldetect-lst

That doesn't give very helpful information:

$ sudo monitor-edid --MonitorsDB
No monitor range data in EDID.

Yes, the monitor is attached and showing image as I executed the monitor-edid command.

Any more luck with eg: "monitor-probe radeon"

Created attachment 2174 [details]
does XFdrake works better once this patch is applied to /usr/share/ldetect-lst?

(In reply to comment #6)
> Created attachment 2174 [details]
> does XFdrake works better once this patch is applied to /usr/share/ldetect-lst?

I've patched the MonitorsDB file but XFdrake only detects the laptop screen (flat panel 1440x900), no external monitors. I see no difference in behavior from the Gnome system settings.

Created attachment 2175 [details]
try harder to get EDID

does XFdrake works better once this patch is applied to /usr/lib/libDrakX?

(In reply to comment #8)
> Created attachment 2175 [details]
> try harder to get EDID
> 
> does XFdrake works better once this patch is applied to /usr/lib/libDrakX?

XFdrake still only shows the laptop screen as the only detected monitor.

Output of monitor-probe radeon is:

EISA ID: CPT1465
EDID version: 1.1
EDID extension blocks: 0
Screen size: 33.1 cm x 20.7 cm (15.37 inches, aspect ratio 16/10 = 1.60)
Gamma: 2.2
Digital signal

	# Monitor preferred modeline (59.9 Hz vsync, 55.5 kHz hsync, ratio 16/10, 110 dpi)
	ModeLine "1440x900" 88.75 1440 1488 1520 1600 900 903 909 926 -hsync -vsync

Hmm. Note that the preferred modeline says 1440x900 which is actually the laptop's resolution.
The resolution shown in comment #0 by xrandr --prop (1920x1080) is the correct one.

I've managed to manually set my external monitor to the right resolution by doing:
xrandr --newmode 1920x1080 148.5 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode 1920x1080 VGA-0
xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1920x1080

This is, however, not a permanent solution.

Created attachment 2362 [details]
try even harder to get EDID

And does it work better with that patch?
You'd first to revert the "try harder to get EDID" one.
(using "patch -R" instead of patch)

After applying that patch, I still see no difference. (Is XFdrake even supposed to offer external/secondary monitor configuration?)

Hi,

This bug was filed against cauldron, but we do not have cauldron at the moment.

Please report whether this bug is still valid for Mageia 2.

Thanks :)

Cheers,
marja

Check, still valid.

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Is this still valid in Mageia 5RC?

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Created attachment 6613 [details]
lspcidrake for acer Aspire 5315 laptop and ViewSonix VP171b monitor

CC: (none) => hoyt

Still valid for Aspire 5315 laptop and ViewSonix VP171b monitor and Mageia 5.

(In reply to Hoyt Duff from comment #19)
> Still valid for Aspire 5315 laptop and ViewSonix VP171b monitor and Mageia 5.

Different hardware should be tracked in a different bug report. Can you open a new one?

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Whiteboard: MGA4TOO MGA5TOO => (none)

No problem, but it seems that the bug speaks to an underlying problem, not a hardware-specific one.

I can't say, maybe Thierry can. If he doesn't answer I suggest to open a new bug and add this one in the see also field. The worst that can happen is it's closed as duplicate later.

Submitted as Bug 16015
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16015

I just discovered that this is actually a bug with LXQT, which places the menu bar at the bottom of the 1280x800 laptop screen, not at the bottom of the external monitor screen which is 1280x1024. 

So . . my bug is not THIS bug. Bug 5315 appears to be "fixed" for me.

Switching to LXDE "solves" my problem, so I'll go with LXDE for now. I don't have other DEs installed on this laptop.

The laptop is dead now, I cannot say if the problem is still reproducable.

(In reply to Reinout van Schouwen from comment #25)
> The laptop is dead now, I cannot say if the problem is still reproducable.

Closing as OLD then. If someone still has the issue with that specific hardware, they can reopen of create a new bug report.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => OLD

No longer a problem as of Mageia6, so it was fixed somewhere along the way. Thanks!

CC: (none) => hoytduff