Bug 527782

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ASSIGNED after providing all the required information. Thanks.

Created attachment 310135 [details]
output of hwinfo --gfx

Created attachment 310136 [details]
output of hwinfo --monitor

Created attachment 310137 [details]
output of xrandr

Created attachment 310138 [details]
Xorg log file

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output of rpm --changelog commands

xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log for mirror mode is apparently still missing here.

NEEDINFO

Card and monitor were configured via YaST and SaX2.  In SaX2, the "Activate Dual Head Mode" check box is checked.  In the Dual Head Mode configuration, the second monitor is set as VESA1024x768@60HZ using resolution 1024x768 (XGA) and the Dual Head Mode is set for "Cloned Multihead"

From what you're saying it sounds like SaX2 didn't set up that configuration in xorg.conf.  Do you have any suggestions on any other settings I should configure (such as settings options for the ATI RS200 itself) or what I should do to get the SaX2 configuration settings to be applied to the xorg.conf file?  Should I try to make configuration changes directly in the xorg.conf file and, if so, what should I change?

I asked you to attach xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log for this dual head mode (cloned) configuration. I need the logfile when the laptop is attached to the port replicator.

Created attachment 310535 [details]
xorg.conf produced by SaX2 as described

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Xorg.0.log file when run using attached xorg.conf file while in docking station

Only the internal panel (LVDS) is detected, your external monitor is not.

(II) RADEON(0): Output: S-video, Detected Monitor Type: 0
(II) RADEON(0): Output VGA-0 disconnected
(II) RADEON(0): Output LVDS connected
(II) RADEON(0): Output S-video disconnected
(II) RADEON(0): Using user preference for initial modes
(II) RADEON(0): Output LVDS using initial mode 1024x768

I don't see a mouse issue here:

(**) Mouse[3]: Device: "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Mouse[3]: Protocol: "imps/2"
(**) Option "SendCoreEvents"
(**) Mouse[3]: always reports core events
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Option "Buttons" "5"
(==) Mouse[3]: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(**) Mouse[3]: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Mouse[3]: Buttons: 9
(**) Mouse[3]: Sensitivity: 1
[...]
(II) evaluating device (Mouse[3])
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse[3]" (type: MOUSE)
[...]
(II) Mouse[3]: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded

(In reply to comment #4)
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> output of xrandr

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 3840 x 1200
VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
LVDS connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 304mm x 228mm
   1024x768       60.0*+   60.0  
   1024x600       59.9  
   800x600        60.3     59.9     56.2  
   768x576        59.9  
   640x480        59.9  
S-video disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

You can try 'xrandr --auto', but probably this doesn't change anything either.

> I don't see a mouse issue here:
> 
> (**) Mouse[3]: Device: "/dev/input/mice"
> (**) Mouse[3]: Protocol: "imps/2"
> (**) Option "SendCoreEvents"
> (**) Mouse[3]: always reports core events
> (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> (**) Option "Buttons" "5"
> (==) Mouse[3]: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
> (**) Mouse[3]: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
> (**) Mouse[3]: Buttons: 9
> (**) Mouse[3]: Sensitivity: 1
> [...]
> (II) evaluating device (Mouse[3])
> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse[3]" (type: MOUSE)
> [...]
> (II) Mouse[3]: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded

The mouse is detected but does not seem operate when X is running.  Only the trackpad will move the mouse cursor.

(In reply to comment #14)

> 
> You can try 'xrandr --auto', but probably this doesn't change anything either.

It doesn't seem to.

Sorry, without access to the hardware I'm afraid we can't do anything here. Even with access it can get rather hard or impossible to support your port replicator setup. Need to close this one as WONTFIX. Hope you can understand this.

Understood.  I'll try 11.2 once it's available and open a new bug if that version has the same problem.

Just some additional information if this helps any troubleshooting in the future: I've tried this with the external monitor attached directly to the laptop instead of through the port replicator and see the same problem.  The monitor is detected when connected directly (xrandr reports a monitor attached to VGA-0) but I see exactly the same problem as when connected via the replicator; I see a good display on both the laptop LCD and the external monitor until X starts then the external monitor goes into DPMS shutdown.  Another interesting piece of information is that the the external monitor wakes up and displays a duplicate of the laptop LCD when X is stopped such as when changing the runmode to 3 with init or when shutting down (this happens either with the external display directly attached or attached via the port replicator).

My best guess is either a bug in the R200 driver for X or that driver doesn't like this specific hardware or doesn't like the way the BIOS sets it up before boot.  As I said, 11.2 will be available soon and I'll try it again with that version once it's out.

Thank you very much for all your help in trying to get this working.