I have hooked up a second monitor to my Debian Lenny system. It is
using the NVIDIA driver on the 2.6.27 kernel. When I use the NVIDIA
system util to activate the second display, the configuration does not
stick. By this, I mean if I go back into the NVIDIA config util, the
settings are gone.
I have saved the xconfiguration through the NVIDIA gui app, and it
does save fine.
I also tried to manually added the second monitor in the xorg.conf
file, but upon reboot the second monitor does not activate.
The weird part about this is, when I activate the second monitor it
does activate and work fine, but upon reboot it is gone, even though
the xconfig has not changed.
My lenny system is up-to-date. Playing with displays are new to me, so
I do not know what to include to help. Basically I am looking for
pointers to assist me troubleshoot the issue. I have searched for the
answer, by my google-fu is useless.
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01-30-2009, 03:52 AM
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Julian De Marchi <julian@jdcomputers.com.au> said:
> Hey All,
>
> I have hooked up a second monitor to my Debian Lenny system. It is
> using the NVIDIA driver on the 2.6.27 kernel. When I use the NVIDIA
> system util to activate the second display, the configuration does not
> stick. By this, I mean if I go back into the NVIDIA config util, the
> settings are gone.
>
> I have saved the xconfiguration through the NVIDIA gui app, and it
> does save fine.
>
> I also tried to manually added the second monitor in the xorg.conf
> file, but upon reboot the second monitor does not activate.
>
> The weird part about this is, when I activate the second monitor it
> does activate and work fine, but upon reboot it is gone, even though
> the xconfig has not changed.
Have you configured it as $USER?
I had to run:
<sudo nvidia-settings>
and then configure everything for the configuration to carry through.
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Julian De Marchi
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> Have you configured it as $USER?
> I had to run:
> <sudo nvidia-settings>
> and then configure everything for the configuration to carry through.
I ran the config util via the system-tools menu on my GNOME desktop.
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01-30-2009, 03:15 PM
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Julian De Marchi <julian@jdcomputers.com.au> said:
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> > Have you configured it as $USER?
> > I had to run:
> > <sudo nvidia-settings>
> > and then configure everything for the configuration to carry
> > through.
>
> I ran the config util via the system-tools menu on my GNOME desktop.
>
So, have you yet tried it with sudo?
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01-30-2009, 06:17 PM
Magnus Pedersen
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Julian De Marchi wrote:
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Hey All,
I have hooked up a second monitor to my Debian Lenny system. It is
using the NVIDIA driver on the 2.6.27 kernel. When I use the NVIDIA
system util to activate the second display, the configuration does not
stick. By this, I mean if I go back into the NVIDIA config util, the
settings are gone.
I have saved the xconfiguration through the NVIDIA gui app, and it
does save fine.
I also tried to manually added the second monitor in the xorg.conf
file, but upon reboot the second monitor does not activate.
The weird part about this is, when I activate the second monitor it
does activate and work fine, but upon reboot it is gone, even though
the xconfig has not changed.
My lenny system is up-to-date. Playing with displays are new to me, so
I do not know what to include to help. Basically I am looking for
pointers to assist me troubleshoot the issue. I have searched for the
answer, by my google-fu is useless.
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Cheers,
Julian De Marchi
The relevant part of ny xorg.conf, it might help:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
# Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0,
DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +1680+0"
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01-30-2009, 07:22 PM
Emanoil Kotsev
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Julian De Marchi wrote:
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>> Have you configured it as $USER?
>> I had to run:
>> <sudo nvidia-settings>
>> and then configure everything for the configuration to carry through.
>
> I ran the config util via the system-tools menu on my GNOME desktop.
>
what about xrandr
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