Ok, the nvidia-settings -l command basically loads the nvidia settings that you had saved.
If you've tweaked the gamma or contrast or something, you can actually see the difference when it loads.
As to be able to tell what the interfaces are named, they show up with the names in the nvidia-settings options under X Server Display Configuration It shows a dropdown next to Model.... It shows the name of the monitor, then in parenthesis it shows the name and which GPU it's on.
I'm not sure if simply loading the nvidia-settings will fix this or not.
This did not fix my issue.
]]>If you've tweaked the gamma or contrast or something, you can actually see the difference when it loads.
As to be able to tell what the interfaces are named, they show up with the names in the nvidia-settings options under X Server Display Configuration It shows a dropdown next to Model.... It shows the name of the monitor, then in parenthesis it shows the name and which GPU it's on.
I'm not sure if simply loading the nvidia-settings will fix this or not.
]]>Two questions come to mind:
1) Do you have nvidia-settings -l setup in your ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession (not sure if it's .xsession or .xsessions) file?
2) Does nvidia-settings report the second monitor at all when you open it?
Ok third question:
3) Are you sure that your devices are named DFP-x?Sorry if it sounds stupid, but I learned a very long time ago not to assume these things. On my nvidia card, they are listed as CRT-x, so I figured that I should ask.
HTH
1) no. Should I?
2) yep, it's there, just turned off.
3) no, how can I check?
Sorry, I'm not great with the X11 stuff.
Run nvidia-settings as root, and save the xorg. if you run it as your user, it doesn't save any changes. So:
$ xhost + $ sudo nvidia-settings
The xhost command makes sure root can write to your display.
Trying this, I'll let you know if it works.. EDIT: This did not help.
]]>$ xhost +
$ sudo nvidia-settings
The xhost command makes sure root can write to your display.
]]>1) Do you have nvidia-settings -l setup in your ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xsession (not sure if it's .xsession or .xsessions) file?
2) Does nvidia-settings report the second monitor at all when you open it?
Ok third question:
3) Are you sure that your devices are named DFP-x?
Sorry if it sounds stupid, but I learned a very long time ago not to assume these things. On my nvidia card, they are listed as CRT-x, so I figured that I should ask.
HTH
]]>xorg.conf
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder62) Wed Sep 29 10:22:22 PDT 2010
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder58) Wed Jul 14 13:35:56 PDT 2010
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "DELL"
ModelName "Seiko"
HorizSync 30.0 - 75.0
VertRefresh 60.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "LG"
ModelName "LG E2250"
HorizSync 30.0 - 75.0
VertRefresh 60.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8700M GT"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1920x1200 +0+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1400x1050 +1680+0, DFP-1: 1680x1050 +0+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1280x1024 +1280+0, DFP-1: 1280x1024 +0+0"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1400x1050 +1400+0, DFP-1: 1400x1050 +0+0; DFP-0: 1400x1050 +0+0, DFP-1: NULL; DFP-0: 1280x1024 +0+0, DFP-1: NULL"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection