Thunderbolt dvi

I have a new 15" macbook pro and have used it for months with a VGA projector...however, I am unable to get it to work with any DVI LCD monitor (tried Samsung, NEC, and ACER). In startup the second screen shows for a while, and the in the setup sequence, it goes black and is gone. The monitor preferences do not know that a second monitor is attached and neither does the "about this mac" detailed graphics/displays tab.
AMD Radeon HD 6750M:
Chipset Model:    AMD Radeon HD 6750M
Type:    GPU
Bus:    PCIe
PCIe Lane Width:    x8
VRAM (Total):    1024 MB
Vendor:    ATI (0x1002)
Device ID:    0x6741
Revision ID:    0x0000
ROM Revision:    113-C0170L-504
gMux Version:    1.9.23
EFI Driver Version:    01.00.504
Displays:
Display Connector:
Status:    No Display Connected
Display Connector:
Status:    No Display Connected
I fear that the thunderbolt connector is interfering with the DVI passthrough?
Ray

There is a solution. Currently there is only a problem if you are using Thunderbolt->HDMI and then a HDMI->DVI adapter. If you use a direct adapter Thunderbolt->DVI it works (as it does in my case).
The problem mentionend in my post (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2776495&tstart=0) affects the issue HDMI->DVI (as I had to learn). Hopefully Apple will fix that soon.

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