[Bug 379157] Re: [i945G] Samsung TV not detected on VGA output (no screens)

[Geir Ove Myhr]

Jordi, a crash is what happens when a program performs an illegal
operation and is terminated by the operating system. In your case this
is not what happens, so I have removed the crash tag and changed the
title. What happens (see bottom of the last Xorg.0.log) is that the
driver doesn't detect anything on the VGA connector, gets a bit confused
and says "no screens" (because it doesn't know where to display an
image) and the exits gracefully.

I have a few more questions:
1. What is the exact model of your Samsung TV?
2. Exactly how is it connected to the computer? Is there a VGA cable attaching them directly or are there any adapters involved?

And I would ask you to try the following:
3. Try the 2.7.1 driver from the x-updates personal private archive (PPA) at https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates . Is the bug fixed there?
4. If it isn't, could you add the line
  Option "ModeDebug" "true"
to the "Device" section of your xorg.conf, log out and in again and attach the resulting Xorg.0.log here. The ModeDebug option should give some more information about what the driver is up to.

If you are ready for some hard-core testing, you may also try the xorg-
edgers PPA which have the very newest drivers from the development tree.
This has a higher chance of breaking something, but if you don't mind
reinstalling afterwards it should be fine. https://launchpad.net/~xorg-
edgers/+archive/ppa

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Confirmed

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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[i945G] Samsung TV not detected on VGA output (no screens)
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