[Bug 257894] Re: VGA-out dies after a while on Eee 1000H

[George Weatherill]

I'd like to report some weird variation of this bug. I've an Acer Aspire
One, less than a week old which has Ubuntu 8.10 on it. Not the latest
kernel, that doesn't work with the network so it default loads the stock
Ibex kernel instead.

I use the laptop at home and in the office and in both places plug in an
external screen and set the laptop screen to off. At home I've an Acer
22" widescreen @ 1600x1050 and everything works perfectly. No screen
twitches, no blank screens, no nothing. At work I've tried both an 18"
LG and a 19" Iiyama @ 1280x1024. Both of those give screen twitches and
eventually a blank screen within an hour or so.

Would anyone have an explanation why a higher res monitor is more
stable? Is it some kind of Acer compatibility, ie their monitors are
less likely to have compatibility issues with the Aspire One or is it
something else?

Working on the laptop screen for 6+ hours and flicking between crowded
desktops feels very claustrophic and annoying and I'm hardly going to
convince my office to give me a shiny 22" widescreen.

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VGA-out dies after a while on Eee 1000H
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