Comment 30 for bug 970560

Im running 12.04. But i am using a radeon hd graphics card..i unistalled
the fglrx driver and reinstalled it- at that point my display did in fact
show the correct monitor
On Apr 9, 2013 4:26 AM, "Michele Giacomoli" <email address hidden>
wrote:

> @khamisi
> I do not have this problem anymore, so, there is something strange. What
> version of Ubuntu are you using?
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/970560
>
> Title:
> "Displays" is registering dual monitors as "laptop" when using fglrx
>
> Status in GNOME Desktop Common Files:
> Fix Released
> Status in “gnome-desktop3” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “gnome-desktop3” source package in Precise:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Impact:
> - screen connected to cards using the fglrx driver might get labelled as
> "Laptop" when they are external screens
>
> Test Case:
> - run the system settings display panel on a machine using the fglrx
> driver, where the output listed in Xorg.0.log is classified as a DFP one,
> with an external screen
>
> With the precise version the display is labelled "Laptop" incorrectly,
> the update should fix that
>
> Regression potential:
> - fglrx users should check that suspend on lid close still behave the
> same way, the display type can have an impact on the suspend behaviour
> (that patch is not supposed to lead to any change there but that's
> something to double check)
>
> ---
>
> Today after installing the fglrx drivers on my Radeon 6950 cayman
> card, in the "Displays" options, in order to get dual monitors to work
> I had to first go into amdcccle and enable it there, restart the
> computer, and THEN enable it in the displays setting. Also, both
> monitors are showing up as "laptop". When using the radeon drivers
> each monitor is picked up as "Acer blah blah", but with the
> propriatary drivers they both say "laptop" and there is no visual
> color difference to indicate differences between the two.
>
> It would be nice if we could Unify the "displays" menu to where it
> will enable dual monitors in amdccle when that option is selected or
> visa versa.
>
> It would also be nice to see the two monitors registering as their
> proper names and differentiation.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
> Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.0-0ubuntu3
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic 3.2.13
> Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
> ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu2
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Sat Mar 31 21:05:09 2012
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64
> (20120301)
> SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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