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#1 2009-04-22 04:24:12

nonexistent
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Registered: 2008-08-11
Posts: 10

xorg 1.6, nvidia brokenness w/ dual monitors [SOLVED]

Hi,

I upgraded this past week to xorg-server 1.6.1-1, nvidia 180.44-1, and kernel26 2.6.29.1-4.  When I rebooted today I found a few things are broken:

I have a laptop and external monitor dual screen setup where each screen is a separate x screen, as setup by nvidia-settings.  After upgrading if I hold down any key for half a second or more (to trigger key repeat), my display on both monitors goes black and my mouse and keyboard stop responding (can't switch terminals, can't kill x...).  Resuming from xscreensaver also triggers this same problem.

Another oddity is that when I move my mouse cursor from one monitor to the other a lingering "copy" of the cursor stays on the monitor I just move away from at the transition point to the other monitor.

If I physically disconnect my external monitor (w/o changing xorg.conf) X displays none of the problems listed above.

My xorg.conf is below.  Most of it is probably not useful, although I should point out that I have input hotplugging disabled w/ AutoAddDevices false:

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder57)  Thu Jul 17 18:40:12 PDT 2008

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder63)  Thu Jun  5 00:10:21 PDT 2008
# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg
# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg

Section "ServerLayout"

# PS/2 Mouse not detected
# Serial Mouse not detected
    Identifier     "Xorg Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Touchpad" "SendCoreEvents"
    Option         "Xinerama" "true"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
#    FontPath     "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
#    FontPath     "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/local"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "record"
    Load           "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
    Option         "Xinerama" "1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "keyboard"
    Option         "CoreKeyboard"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "us"
    Option         "XkbVariant" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Serial Mouse"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "Microsoft"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    Option         "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
    Option         "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "PS/2 Mouse"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    Option         "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
    Option         "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "USB Mouse"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "SendCoreEvents" "true"
    Option         "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option         "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Touchpad"
    Driver         "synaptics"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto-dev"
    Option         "LeftEdge" "1700"
    Option         "RightEdge" "5300"
    Option         "TopEdge" "1700"
    Option         "BottomEdge" "4200"
    Option         "FingerLow" "25"
    Option         "FingerHigh" "30"
    Option         "MaxTapTime" "0"
    Option         "MaxTapMove" "220"
    Option         "VertScrollDelta" "0"
    Option         "MinSpeed" "0.06"
    Option         "MaxSpeed" "0.12"
    Option         "AccelFactor" "0.0010"
    Option         "SHMConfig" "on"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
 # Very conservative. May flicker.
#    VertRefresh  50.0 - 62.0 # Extreme conservative. Will flicker. TFT default.
    #  Default modes distilled from
    #      "VESA and Industry Standards and Guide for Computer Display Monitor
    #       Timing", version 1.0, revision 0.8, adopted September 17, 1998.
    #  $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/vesamodes,v 1.4 1999/11/18 16:52:17 tsi Exp $
    # 640x350 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "LPL"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 75.0
    VertRefresh     60.0
    ModeLine       "640x350" 31.5 640 672 736 832 350 382 385 445 +hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "640x400" 31.5 640 672 736 832 400 401 404 445 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "720x400" 35.5 720 756 828 936 400 401 404 446 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "640x480" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "640x480" 31.5 640 664 704 832 480 489 491 520 -hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "640x480" 31.5 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "640x480" 36.0 640 696 752 832 480 481 484 509 -hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "800x600" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "800x600" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "800x600" 50.0 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "800x600" 49.5 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "800x600" 56.3 800 832 896 1048 600 601 604 631 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1024x768" 44.9 1024 1032 1208 1264 768 768 776 817 +hsync +vsync interlace
    ModeLine       "1024x768" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "1024x768" 75.0 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "1024x768" 78.8 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1024x768" 94.5 1024 1072 1168 1376 768 769 772 808 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1152x864" 108.0 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x960" 108.0 1280 1376 1488 1800 960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x960" 148.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 960 961 964 1011 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x1024" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x1024" 135.0 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x1024" 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1600x1200" 162.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1600x1200" 175.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1600x1200" 189.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1600x1200" 202.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1600x1200" 229.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1792x1344" 204.8 1792 1920 2120 2448 1344 1345 1348 1394 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1792x1344" 261.0 1792 1888 2104 2456 1344 1345 1348 1417 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1856x1392" 218.3 1856 1952 2176 2528 1392 1393 1396 1439 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1856x1392" 288.0 1856 1984 2208 2560 1392 1393 1396 1500 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1920x1440" 234.0 1920 2048 2256 2600 1440 1441 1444 1500 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1920x1440" 297.0 1920 2064 2288 2640 1440 1441 1444 1500 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1800x1440" 230 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1800x1440" 250 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "640x480" 43.16 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 509 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "768x576" 34.96 768 792 872 976 576 577 580 597 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "768x576" 42.93 768 800 880 992 576 577 580 601 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "768x576" 45.51 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 602 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "768x576" 51.84 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 605 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "768x576" 62.57 768 816 896 1024 576 577 580 611 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "800x600" 68.18 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 636 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1024x768" 113.31 1024 1096 1208 1392 768 769 772 814 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1152x864" 81.62 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1152x864" 119.65 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 907 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1152x864" 143.47 1152 1232 1360 1568 864 865 868 915 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x960" 124.54 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1001 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x960" 129.86 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1002 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x960" 178.99 1280 1376 1520 1760 960 961 964 1017 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x1024" 190.96 1280 1376 1520 1760 1024 1025 1028 1085 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1400x1050" 122.61 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1051 1054 1087 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1400x1050" 149.34 1400 1496 1648 1896 1050 1051 1054 1094 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1400x1050" 155.85 1400 1496 1648 1896 1050 1051 1054 1096 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1400x1050" 179.26 1400 1504 1656 1912 1050 1051 1054 1103 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1400x1050" 214.39 1400 1512 1664 1928 1050 1051 1054 1112 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1600x1200" 280.64 1600 1728 1904 2208 1200 1201 1204 1271 -hsync +vsync
    Option         "DPMS" "true"
#    HorizSync    28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor1"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Samsung SyncMaster"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 81.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Card0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "All"
    BoardName      "All"
    Option         "NoLogo" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce Go 7300"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          0
    Option         "NoLogo" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard1"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce Go 7300"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          1
    Option         "NoLogo" "true"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Videocard0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1280x800 +0+0; DFP-0: 1024x768 +0+0; DFP-0: 800x600 +0+0; DFP-0: 640x480 +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen1"
    Device         "Videocard1"
    Monitor        "Monitor1"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option          "AutoAddDevices" "False"
    Option          "DontZap" "False"
EndSection

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Last edited by nonexistent (2009-04-23 01:54:18)

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#2 2009-04-22 10:00:38

Leigh
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From: USA
Registered: 2004-06-25
Posts: 533

Re: xorg 1.6, nvidia brokenness w/ dual monitors [SOLVED]

have you looked at /var/log/xorg.0.log for warnings and errors?

you need to get rid of ..
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"

If you want independent X screens you need to get rid of..
    Option         "Xinerama" "1"
or change "1" to "0" or "false"

For two screens you should only need two device sections and you have three.

Alot of people are having good results with a minimal xorg.conf with the new xorg-server. I can't really say too much about it as I still use my xorg.conf, although I could probably cut it down quite a bit.

It looks like your xorg.conf needs a lot of tweaking. Or you could just delete most everything in it and let autoconfig do it's thing. Then just add little by little till you get everything working.

Not sure how much it will help because i'm not using a laptop, but rather a desktop, but here's my working xorg.conf set up with nvidia and three seperate X screens.

####################################################
# Xorg configuration file altered by Leigh
# Updated (Dec 2008)
# Three independent screens
# Three cards... (GeForce7900 PCI-E,  GeForce6800 PCI-E,  GeForce4 MX PCI)
# Monitors... (Two Dell 2005 FPW's, One NEC MultiSync FE1250+ CRT)
# Note: (Due to GeForce4 MX, I need to use the legacy nvidia drivers, nvidia-96xx.)
####################################################

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Multihead Layout"
    Screen         "Screen1" 0 0
    Screen         "Screen2" RightOf "Screen1"
    Screen         "Screen3" LeftOf "Screen1"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option       "Xinerama" "0"
    Option       "AutoAddDevices" "false"
    Option       "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/msttf"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Chinese"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/asian-misc"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/artwiz-fonts"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/speedo"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/handwritten"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/script"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/emacs/fonts"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "v4l"
    Load           "ddc"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard1"
    Driver         "keyboard"
    Option         "CoreKeyboard"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc104"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Mouse1"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "CorePointer"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
    Option         "Buttons" "7"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor1"
    VendorName     "DELL"
    ModelName      "Dell 2005FPW"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 83.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
    ModeLine       "1680x1050" 119.0 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 -hsync +vsync
    Option         "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor2"
    VendorName     "DELL"
    ModelName      "Dell 2005FPW"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 83.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
    ModeLine       "1680x1050" 119.0 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 -hsync +vsync
    Option         "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor3"
    VendorName     "NEC"
    ModelName      "NEC MultiSync FE1250"
    HorizSync       31.0 - 110.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 160.0
    ModeLine       "1280x1024" 80.0 1280 1296 1512 1568 1024 1025 1037 1165 interlace
    ModeLine       "1280x1024" 126.5 1280 1312 1472 1696 1024 1032 1040 1068 -hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x1024" 135.0 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x1024" 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x1024" 181.8 1280 1312 1440 1696 1024 1031 1046 1072 -hsync -vsync
    Option         "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device1"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName      "NVIDIA GeForce7900"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device2"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName      "NVIDIA GeForce6800"
    BusID          "PCI:4:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device3"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName      "NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440"
    BusID          "PCI:3:4:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen1"
    Device         "Device1"
    Monitor        "Monitor1"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP-0"
    Option         "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV-0"
    Option         "NvAGP" "3"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "true"
    Option         "AllowDDCCI" "true"
    Option         "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" 
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
    Option         "UseEdidFreqs" "true"
    Option         "UseEdidDpi" "false"
    Option         "DPI" "98 x 97"
    Option         "HWCursor" "true"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes      "1680x1050" "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       15
        Modes      "1680x1050" "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes      "1680x1050" "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1680x1050" "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen2"
    Device         "Device2"
    Monitor        "Monitor2"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP-0"
    Option         "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV-0"
    Option         "NvAGP" "3"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "true"
    Option         "AllowDDCCI" "true"
    Option         "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" 
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
    Option         "UseEdidFreqs" "true"
    Option         "UseEdidDpi" "false"
    Option         "DPI" "98 x 97"
    Option         "HWCursor" "true"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes      "1680x1050" "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       15
        Modes      "1680x1050" "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes      "1680x1050" "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1680x1050" "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen3"
    Device         "Device3"
    Monitor        "Monitor3"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "UseDisplayDevice" "CRT-0"
    Option         "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV-0"
    Option         "NvAGP" "3"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "true"
    Option         "AllowDDCCI" "true"
    Option         "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" 
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
    Option         "UseEdidFreqs" "true"
    Option         "UseEdidDpi" "false"
    Option         "DPI" "96 x 96"
    Option         "HWCursor" "true"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       15
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "true"
EndSection

Last edited by Leigh (2009-04-22 10:04:56)

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#3 2009-04-22 21:58:58

Bestiapeluda
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Re: xorg 1.6, nvidia brokenness w/ dual monitors [SOLVED]

I have the same problem. Its a Xorg bug tied to xinerama. You should run your setup in twinview mode till its fixed.

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#4 2009-04-22 22:45:58

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Re: xorg 1.6, nvidia brokenness w/ dual monitors [SOLVED]

I was under the impression that Xinerama has become deprecated in the last 6 months or so? Ended up just using separate X screens on my laptop.

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#5 2009-04-22 23:02:13

nonexistent
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Registered: 2008-08-11
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Re: xorg 1.6, nvidia brokenness w/ dual monitors [SOLVED]

Leigh: Thanks, I cleaned up my xorg.conf (ending up making clean one w/ nvidia-settings) according to your suggestions and have no errors in /var/log/Xorg.0.log anymore

Bestiapeluda/ngoonee: I used Xinerama originally in order to get multimonitor support working w/ xmonad.  I tried switching over to twinview using nvidia-settings and now everything works as it used to!  The last time I used twinview it stretched my logical monitor across both displays, but now it's behaving like the separate x screens setup I had before.  I'm really confused why this is so, but it seems to work fine so I guess I'm happy.

Thanks for the help everyone!

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#6 2009-04-22 23:46:39

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Re: xorg 1.6, nvidia brokenness w/ dual monitors [SOLVED]

You're welcome. I use separate X myself, different resolutions on my monitors and I hate stretched wallpapers in Gnome. But I understand mine is a corner case, and may be switching to TwinView (recommended method anyway) pretty soon.

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#7 2009-04-23 00:30:45

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Re: xorg 1.6, nvidia brokenness w/ dual monitors [SOLVED]

that's good news. Glad you got things working. I'm also going to be switching to twinview since I've read about it working really well with nvidia and still acting like independent screens. It will be nice being able to move apps from one screen to another for a change. smile

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#8 2009-04-23 01:40:22

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Re: xorg 1.6, nvidia brokenness w/ dual monitors [SOLVED]

A quick question for Twinview users - the only thing (besides ugly desktops) that's keeping me from switching back is the non-availability of tools to lock your mouse on a single monitor - does anyone know how to accomplish that in a TwinView setup? These are useful for full-screen games, of course, and I use a self-modified version of mouse-switchscreen to accomplish this on separate X, but the method they use wouldn't work on TwinView.

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#9 2009-04-23 01:56:04

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Re: xorg 1.6, nvidia brokenness w/ dual monitors [SOLVED]

ngoonee wrote:

You're welcome. I use separate X myself, different resolutions on my monitors and I hate stretched wallpapers in Gnome. But I understand mine is a corner case, and may be switching to TwinView (recommended method anyway) pretty soon.

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Done smile

Afraid I don't know of any tools to lock the mouse though.  I still reboot into Windows for most of my game playing tongue

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#10 2009-04-23 01:58:07

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Re: xorg 1.6, nvidia brokenness w/ dual monitors [SOLVED]

smile I remember doing that for a while. Got tiring, since part of the reason I went to Linux in the first place is to avoid all that endless throughout-the-day rebooting. Nowadays I moan about boot times that almost hit a minute with a full graphical desktop, a time I'd have been very very happy with back in the day with XP. Talk about progress.

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#11 2009-04-26 20:35:32

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Re: xorg 1.6, nvidia brokenness w/ dual monitors [SOLVED]

Wrong thread, sorry.

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