Carmen Bianca Bakker composed on 2017-09-23 21:46 (UTC+0200):

I have a Thinkpad X200 (Librebooted) that I'm faffing about with. Everything works as it ought, except I get some odd behaviour when I

Using which OS?

plug in a VGA connector. A moment after it is plugged in, the screen on the laptop goes black, except I can still see (and move) the cursor within the bounds of the laptop screen. The external monitor is also completely black. The cursor flickers a little bit.

After I unplug the VGA connector, everything goes back to normal.

This only happens when there is an actual monitor on the other end of the cable. Plugging in a loose cable does nothing. I haven't yet tried to connect to a different monitor.

I have the output of `journalctl` during the behaviour here:

http://susepaste.org/39924818

Particularly, this line sticks out to me:

Sep 23 21:31:02 carmen-thinkpad kernel: [drm:intel_cpu_fifo_underrun_irq_handler [i915]] *ERROR* CPU pipe A FIFO underrun

I'm also suspicious of: gnome-shell[2371]: Failed to use linear monitor configuration: No available CRTC for monitor 'GSM W2442' not found

But it's not something I know how to interpret.

I have tried:

- Using IceWM instead of Gnome.

- Using LightDM instead of GDM.

- Using the VGA port on the dock instead of on the laptop

I would not expect any of the DMs to be responsible.

None of the above yielded positive results.

Maybe someone can help me?

You are currently using the modesetting Xorg driver. Try the intel Xorg driver. Use zypper or yast to install xf86-video-intel and restart server or reboot. First check /etc/X11/xorg.conf, xorg.conf.d/ and xorg_pci_ids/modesetting.ids to see if your gfxchip is specifically configured to use the modesetting driver, and if so, comment it out or otherwise unset it. Then report both results on the intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org mailing list or search its archive for a match to those error messages. It may have a workaround or at least be a known problem. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

Hello Carmen, you might want to fiddle with "xrandr" in this case. Can you type commands in case the external monitor is plugged in? If yes, you should execute "xrandr > out 2>&1" in a terminal window. Then unplug the external monitor and wait until the LC display comes back to operation. Open the file "out". It will contain some information about the two monitors. As a next step you might be able to explicitly turn the LC display on and / or the external monitor off. The man page of xrandr can be of help with regard to the optional commands. You can turn screens on and off by the help of "xrandr". It is an elementary command, but may be of help. Good luck, regards Dieter Jurzitza Am Samstag, 23. September 2017, 21:46:13 schrieb Carmen Bianca Bakker:

Hi all,

I have a Thinkpad X200 (Librebooted) that I'm faffing about with. Everything works as it ought, except I get some odd behaviour when I plug in a VGA connector. A moment after it is plugged in, the screen on

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