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[Albert Vilella <avilella@xxxxxxxxx>]

Try Ubuntu 10.10, they've fixed it to make auto-configuration of external
screens easier (up to 1920x1200). If it doesn't work out of the box, try to
run the safe-graphics mode once it's installed, there is a very simple
reconfiguration tool that will find out about your screens...

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Roman Gröger <xalbert76@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dear all.
>
> I know that this problem has been discussed many times but I still
> cannot make it to work. I just purchased SONY Vaio VPCY2 and installed
> Ubuntu 10.04. I have the integrated Intel graphics (i915). I get no
> output on the laptop screen and, at the same time, a beautiful hi-res
> output on my external 21" lab monitor. The tricks with adding
> i915.modeset=0 or 1 in grub don't work (the former freezes up the laptop
> with two LEDs above the Delete key blinking). Did some of you make it
> work ? I would greatly appreciate your guidance to fix this.
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Roman
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