[TriLUG] ATI projector hell

[Andrew C. Oliver]

Okay so this is part of my ongoing saga of pain regarding getting 
external monitors and projectors to work with my laptop.  I have a Mac 
Book Pro Core Duo 17" (not core 2 duo) (BTW OSX wankers can bite me).  I 
had it working to present to TriLUG albiet with the antiquated projector 
for some reason it didn't like my projector that day.  Then I upgraded 
from Edgy to Feisty (hoping to get my projector to work)...big mistake. 
I also tried with a crappy 15" CRT monitor I had lying around.  I see 
the DPMS stuff in the log the external monitor/projector and it acts as 
if I have the external monitor working (in that the mouse will go over 
to the other screen)...but I see nothing.  I DO get output when I'm NOT 
in X or when I first boot up.  So I know the cable is good and the 
graphics port is working.  Just X hates me.   Anyone have any idea what 
I've done wrong (btw this is just one incarnation of my config file)?  
(config is below)

andy at andy-laptop:~$ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0  screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
OpenGL version string: 2.0.6458 (8.36.5)


# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Default Layout"
    Screen         "Default Screen" 0 0
    Screen         "aticonfig-Screen[1]" RightOf "Default Screen"
    InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
    InputDevice    "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
    InputDevice    "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
    InputDevice    "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
    InputDevice    "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

Section "Files"

    # path to defoma fonts
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
    FontPath     "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "bitmap"
    Load  "ddc"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "freetype"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "int10"
    Load  "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver      "kbd"
    Option        "CoreKeyboard"
    Option        "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option        "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option        "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Configured Mouse"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "CorePointer"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Synaptics Touchpad"
    Driver      "synaptics"
    Option        "SendCoreEvents" "true"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto-dev"
    Option        "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "stylus"
    Driver      "wacom"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
    Option        "Type" "stylus"
    Option        "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"        # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "eraser"
    Driver      "wacom"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
    Option        "Type" "eraser"
    Option        "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"        # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "cursor"
    Driver      "wacom"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
    Option        "Type" "cursor"
    Option        "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"        # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Generic Monitor"
    HorizSync    30.0 - 70.0
    VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
    Option        "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[1]"
    Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    Option        "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "ATI Radeon Mobility X1600 Generic"
    Driver      "fglrx"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[1]"
    Driver      "fglrx"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen      1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Default Screen"
    Device     "ATI Radeon Mobility X1600 Generic"
    Monitor    "Generic Monitor"
    DefaultDepth     24
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[1]"
    Device     "aticonfig-Device[1]"
    Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[1]"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode         0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option        "Composite" "0"
EndSection