I have xserver-xorg 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4. The problem I am having involves connecting my IBM A31 laptop to an external monitor or tv via the svga port. Once X is started or I'm in KDE, connecting the vga cable and hitting fn+F7 (the combination used to switch it to crt, lcd, or both), it does nothing at all.
It does work when I do it at the command line, so what I have to do is switch it before X or gdm is started. Unfortunately, that has the very nasty effect of forcing a 640x480 video mode (ewwwww!), and it can not be changed.
Also, when X is not running, I can switch it to CRT only, but it changes it back when I start X.
It used to work fine, but now it doesn't. I don't know what to blame it on (the update from xfree86 to xorg? Changing my driver from VESA to ATI via dpkg-reconfigure?).
Here is my VGA hardware (on an IBM A31), according to lspci -v:
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0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 0509
Flags: bus master, stepping, fast Back2Back, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11
Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
Memory at d0100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at d0120000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [58] AGP version 2.0
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
