Problems with KDE & Flash after moving to dual adapter
Anyone?
Thanks,
Mark
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> * I'm wondering what experience (and hopefully guidance) others can
> provide to hopefully fix these new problems on my compute server.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> * OK, yesterday I added a second NVidia adapter to my machine and
> used nvidia-settings to create a new xorg.conf file. (Both new and old
> are shown at the end) The new setup came up easily and I now have 3
> monitors. Here's the setup:
>
> GTX 465 port 0 -> GPU-0 + DFP-0
> GTX 465 port 1 -> GPU-0 + DFP-2
>
> 8400GS port 0 -> GPU-1 + CRT-1
>
> * To get this working I had to enable the xinerama use flag as well
> as enable Xinerama in xorg.conf.
>
> Some simple tests of functionality:
>
> 1) glxgears is functional on all 3 displays but only draws actual
> graphics on the two GTX465 monitors. It draws a black window on the
> 8400GS. It is my understanding that this is expected.
>
> 2) Both Virtualbox and VMWare VM's work fine on all 3 monitors. If the
> VMs are running Windows then Flash, Java & Silverlight seem to work
> fine on any display. I can play NetFlix movies and run other Windows
> apps from within the VMs without any major problems so far.
>
> Problems:
>
> 1) Adobe flash within Linux is not working at some websites, such as:
>
> http://www.jigsawdoku.com/
>
> For this page the flash game area is just gray. Flash does however
> seem to work on other sites like Adobe's web site so possibly this is
> more an issue with that page but I've seen a couple of others so far
> that do the same thing.
>
>
> 2) Two KDE features that I like quite a lot are not working at all:
>
> a) F8 - display all desktops doesn't work. With the original 2
> monitors the feature worked fine.
>
> b) The upper left corner 'display all apps' feature is not working.
>
> * I've been Googling around without any luck in terms of finding
> things to try in terms of fixing this, or even discovering that maybe
> these things simply don't work with two adapters. Maybe there are some
> accelerations or features I need to enable that nvidia-settings don't
> do for me? I don't know.
>
> * Note that in the older 2 monitor configuration I was using Twinview
> which treats the two monitors as a single large monitor.
>
> * Thanks in advance for any ideas about how to get this working at its best.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
>
> [New 3 monitor xorg.conf]
>
> # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
> # nvidia-settings: *version 275.09.07
> (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-03.nvidia.com) *Wed Jun *8
> 14:38:19 PDT 2011
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> * *Identifier * * "Layout0"
> * *Screen * * *0 *"Screen0" 0 0
> * *Screen * * *1 *"Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
> * *Screen * * *2 *"Screen2" RightOf "Screen1"
> * *InputDevice * *"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> * *InputDevice * *"Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> * *Option * * * * "Xinerama" "1"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> * *# generated from data in "/etc/conf.d/gpm"
> * *Identifier * * "Mouse0"
> * *Driver * * * * "mouse"
> * *Option * * * * "Protocol"
> * *Option * * * * "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> * *Option * * * * "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> * *Option * * * * "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> * *# generated from default
> * *Identifier * * "Keyboard0"
> * *Driver * * * * "kbd"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> * *# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
> * *Identifier * * "Monitor1"
> * *VendorName * * "Unknown"
> * *ModelName * * *"Samsung SyncMaster"
> * *HorizSync * * * 30.0 - 75.0
> * *VertRefresh * * 56.0 - 61.0
> * *Option * * * * "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> * *# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
> * *Identifier * * "Monitor0"
> * *VendorName * * "Unknown"
> * *ModelName * * *"Samsung SyncMaster"
> * *HorizSync * * * 30.0 - 75.0
> * *VertRefresh * * 56.0 - 61.0
> * *Option * * * * "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> * *# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
> * *Identifier * * "Monitor2"
> * *VendorName * * "Unknown"
> * *ModelName * * *"Samsung SyncMaster"
> * *HorizSync * * * 30.0 - 81.0
> * *VertRefresh * * 56.0 - 75.0
> * *Option * * * * "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> * *Identifier * * "Device1"
> * *Driver * * * * "nvidia"
> * *VendorName * * "NVIDIA Corporation"
> * *BoardName * * *"GeForce GTX 465"
> * *BusID * * * * *"PCI:2:0:0"
> * *Screen * * * * *1
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> * *Identifier * * "Device0"
> * *Driver * * * * "nvidia"
> * *VendorName * * "NVIDIA Corporation"
> * *BoardName * * *"GeForce GTX 465"
> * *BusID * * * * *"PCI:2:0:0"
> * *Screen * * * * *0
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> * *Identifier * * "Device2"
> * *Driver * * * * "nvidia"
> * *VendorName * * "NVIDIA Corporation"
> * *BoardName * * *"GeForce 8400GS"
> * *BusID * * * * *"PCI:4:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> * *Identifier * * "Screen1"
> * *Device * * * * "Device1"
> * *Monitor * * * *"Monitor1"
> * *DefaultDepth * *24
> * *Option * * * * "TwinView" "0"
> * *Option * * * * "metamodes" "DFP-2: 1920x1080 +0+0"
> * *SubSection * * "Display"
> * * * *Depth * * * 24
> * *EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> * *Identifier * * "Screen0"
> * *Device * * * * "Device0"
> * *Monitor * * * *"Monitor0"
> * *DefaultDepth * *24
> * *Option * * * * "TwinView" "0"
> * *Option * * * * "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1920x1080 +0+0"
> * *SubSection * * "Display"
> * * * *Depth * * * 24
> * *EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> * *Identifier * * "Screen2"
> * *Device * * * * "Device2"
> * *Monitor * * * *"Monitor2"
> * *DefaultDepth * *24
> * *Option * * * * "TwinView" "0"
> * *Option * * * * "metamodes" "1280x1024 +0+0"
> * *SubSection * * "Display"
> * * * *Depth * * * 24
> * *EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
>
>
> [Previous 2 monitor xorg.conf]
>
> # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
> # nvidia-xconfig: *version 270.18
> (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-08.nvidia.com) *Tue Jan 18
> 22:06:28 PST 2011
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> * *Identifier * * "Layout0"
> * *Screen * * *0 *"Screen0"
> * *InputDevice * *"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> * *InputDevice * *"Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> * *# generated from data in "/etc/conf.d/gpm"
> * *Identifier * * "Mouse0"
> * *Driver * * * * "mouse"
> * *Option * * * * "Protocol"
> * *Option * * * * "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> * *Option * * * * "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> * *Option * * * * "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> * *# generated from default
> * *Identifier * * "Keyboard0"
> * *Driver * * * * "kbd"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> * *Identifier * * "Monitor0"
> * *VendorName * * "Unknown"
> * *ModelName * * *"Unknown"
> * *HorizSync * * * 28.0 - 33.0
> * *VertRefresh * * 43.0 - 72.0
> * *Option * * * * "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> * *Identifier * * "Device0"
> * *Driver * * * * "nvidia"
> * *VendorName * * "NVIDIA Corporation"
> * *Option * * * * "TwinView"
> * *Option * * * * "MetaModes" *"1920x1080,1920x1080; 1920x1080"
> * *Option * * * * "TwinViewOrientation" * * * *"RightOf"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> * *Identifier * * "Screen0"
> * *Device * * * * "Device0"
> * *Monitor * * * *"Monitor0"
> * *DefaultDepth * *24
> * *SubSection * * "Display"
> * * * *Depth * * * 24
> * *EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
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