F12 upgrade on lenova - desktop issues.

[William Henry]

Hi,

I upgraded to F12 using the preupgrade over the internet option. I had done this with F11
with great success. 

Now that I can see the working desktop it is looking pretty much the same as my F11
setup.

However I have a problem when I reboot in my docking station with the external monitor and
the laptop screen closed. F12 seems to continue to default to using the monitor as an
extension rather than a mirror. Therefore in my docking station - neatly tucked in under
my desk - I can't do any work. I've tried to undock and mess with the Desktop
settings and force it to mirror (and apply and close) and then reinstall in my docking
station and restarting. Still uses my monitor as an extension and my laptop is rendered
useless. So I'm typing this with the laptop off my docking station.

Anyone have any ideas?

William

[Steve O]

I had the same problem, I was able to fix it by using my xorg.conf from FC11 - you can
generate one using system-config-display (by default FC11 and 12 do not use xorg.conf). 
Here is mine:

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "single head configuration"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# keyboard added by rhpxl
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105+inet"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        ModelName    "Dell 2000FP (Digital)"
        HorizSync    31.5 - 80.0
        VertRefresh  56.0 - 76.0
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor1"
        ModelName    "Dell 2000FP (Digital)"
        HorizSync    31.5 - 80.0
        VertRefresh  56.0 - 76.0
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection


Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "intel"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1600x1200" "1280x800" "1024x768"
                Virtual 3200 2400
        EndSubSection
EndSection

-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-laptop-list-bounces(a)redhat.com [mailto:[e-mail]]
On Behalf Of William Henry
Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 3:33 PM
To: fedora-laptop-list
Subject: F12 upgrade on lenova - desktop issues.

Hi,

I upgraded to F12 using the preupgrade over the internet option. I had done this with F11
with great success. 

Now that I can see the working desktop it is looking pretty much the same as my F11
setup.

However I have a problem when I reboot in my docking station with the external monitor and
the laptop screen closed. F12 seems to continue to default to using the monitor as an
extension rather than a mirror. Therefore in my docking station - neatly tucked in under
my desk - I can't do any work. I've tried to undock and mess with the Desktop
settings and force it to mirror (and apply and close) and then reinstall in my docking
station and restarting. Still uses my monitor as an extension and my laptop is rendered
useless. So I'm typing this with the laptop off my docking station.

Anyone have any ideas?

William

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[William Henry]

Thanks Steve!

I'll give that a go.

William

----- "Steve O" <sobrien.808(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  I had the same problem, I was able to fix it by using my xorg.conf
>  from FC11 - you can generate one using system-config-display (by
>  default FC11 and 12 do not use xorg.conf).  Here is mine:
>  
>  # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
>  
>  Section "ServerLayout"
>          Identifier     "single head configuration"
>          Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>          InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>  EndSection
>  
>  Section "InputDevice"
>  
>  # keyboard added by rhpxl
>          Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>          Driver      "kbd"
>          Option      "XkbModel" "pc105+inet"
>          Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
>  EndSection
>  
>  Section "Monitor"
>          Identifier   "Monitor0"
>          ModelName    "Dell 2000FP (Digital)"
>          HorizSync    31.5 - 80.0
>          VertRefresh  56.0 - 76.0
>          Option      "dpms"
>  EndSection
>  
>  Section "Monitor"
>          Identifier   "Monitor1"
>          ModelName    "Dell 2000FP (Digital)"
>          HorizSync    31.5 - 80.0
>          VertRefresh  56.0 - 76.0
>          Option      "dpms"
>  EndSection
>  
>  
>  Section "Device"
>          Identifier  "Videocard0"
>          Driver      "intel"
>  EndSection
>  
>  Section "Screen"
>          Identifier "Screen0"
>          Device     "Videocard0"
>          Monitor    "Monitor0"
>          DefaultDepth     24
>          SubSection "Display"
>                  Viewport   0 0
>                  Depth     24
>                  Modes    "1600x1200" "1280x800" "1024x768"
>                  Virtual 3200 2400
>          EndSubSection
>  EndSection
>  
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: fedora-laptop-list-bounces(a)redhat.com
>  [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of William
>  Henry
>  Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 3:33 PM
>  To: fedora-laptop-list
>  Subject: F12 upgrade on lenova - desktop issues.
>  
>  Hi,
>  
>  I upgraded to F12 using the preupgrade over the internet option. I had
>  done this with F11 with great success. 
>  
>  Now that I can see the working desktop it is looking pretty much the
>  same as my F11 setup.
>  
>  However I have a problem when I reboot in my docking station with the
>  external monitor and the laptop screen closed. F12 seems to continue
>  to default to using the monitor as an extension rather than a mirror.
>  Therefore in my docking station - neatly tucked in under my desk - I
>  can't do any work. I've tried to undock and mess with the Desktop
>  settings and force it to mirror (and apply and close) and then
>  reinstall in my docking station and restarting. Still uses my monitor
>  as an extension and my laptop is rendered useless. So I'm typing this
>  with the laptop off my docking station.
>  
>  Anyone have any ideas?
>  
>  William
>  
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[William Henry]

Great! That worked.

FYI I installed system-config-display (I didn't have that already).  

But I ckinda cheated and just created a xorg.conf from yours and when I booted in the
docking station I got something I could work with. Then I just Used
System->Preferences->Display to get it looking cleaner and also set to mirror.

So I didn't actually run system-config-display in the end.

Thanks!

William

----- "Steve O" <sobrien.808(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  I had the same problem, I was able to fix it by using my xorg.conf
>  from FC11 - you can generate one using system-config-display (by
>  default FC11 and 12 do not use xorg.conf).  Here is mine:
>  
>  # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
>  
>  Section "ServerLayout"
>          Identifier     "single head configuration"
>          Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>          InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>  EndSection
>  
>  Section "InputDevice"
>  
>  # keyboard added by rhpxl
>          Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>          Driver      "kbd"
>          Option      "XkbModel" "pc105+inet"
>          Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
>  EndSection
>  
>  Section "Monitor"
>          Identifier   "Monitor0"
>          ModelName    "Dell 2000FP (Digital)"
>          HorizSync    31.5 - 80.0
>          VertRefresh  56.0 - 76.0
>          Option      "dpms"
>  EndSection
>  
>  Section "Monitor"
>          Identifier   "Monitor1"
>          ModelName    "Dell 2000FP (Digital)"
>          HorizSync    31.5 - 80.0
>          VertRefresh  56.0 - 76.0
>          Option      "dpms"
>  EndSection
>  
>  
>  Section "Device"
>          Identifier  "Videocard0"
>          Driver      "intel"
>  EndSection
>  
>  Section "Screen"
>          Identifier "Screen0"
>          Device     "Videocard0"
>          Monitor    "Monitor0"
>          DefaultDepth     24
>          SubSection "Display"
>                  Viewport   0 0
>                  Depth     24
>                  Modes    "1600x1200" "1280x800" "1024x768"
>                  Virtual 3200 2400
>          EndSubSection
>  EndSection
>  
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: fedora-laptop-list-bounces(a)redhat.com
>  [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of William
>  Henry
>  Sent: Friday, December 04, 2009 3:33 PM
>  To: fedora-laptop-list
>  Subject: F12 upgrade on lenova - desktop issues.
>  
>  Hi,
>  
>  I upgraded to F12 using the preupgrade over the internet option. I had
>  done this with F11 with great success. 
>  
>  Now that I can see the working desktop it is looking pretty much the
>  same as my F11 setup.
>  
>  However I have a problem when I reboot in my docking station with the
>  external monitor and the laptop screen closed. F12 seems to continue
>  to default to using the monitor as an extension rather than a mirror.
>  Therefore in my docking station - neatly tucked in under my desk - I
>  can't do any work. I've tried to undock and mess with the Desktop
>  settings and force it to mirror (and apply and close) and then
>  reinstall in my docking station and restarting. Still uses my monitor
>  as an extension and my laptop is rendered useless. So I'm typing this
>  with the laptop off my docking station.
>  
>  Anyone have any ideas?
>  
>  William
>  
>  _______________________________________________
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>  Fedora-laptop-list(a)redhat.com
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