Nvidia VGA and Ubuntu 11.10
I was playing around and i found a satisfying solution somehow ! though i still hate this system's bugs :( ;
#the solution is
to open nvidia settings as the root as i explained above
then enable the external display and modify its properties and use it as (twin display) not (x separate) Important
make it your own default by checking that option
apply & save the settings over /etc/X11/xorg.conf
turn your laptop's screen off and just use the external + restart and enjoy
vulnerabilities :
your vga is working for 2 displays rather than for 1
you cannot disable the laptop's display from the settings or you will lose sight of > both
your mouse can go to the other display as an extension even if its lights are off (still considered there)
Graphics will still be unknown in the system thus you can't use the display settings > from the system which means no rotation and no default settings on the system (likebooting up with one specific display on)
if there is a better solution please fill us in..
regards,,
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CME64 over 1 year
- I installed Ubuntu 11.10 amd64 and it used the default settings and vga driver: unknown both screens sere working regardless of the errors of turning the laptop's off then both go off forever!
- So I tried installing Nvidia driver in both ways,I. From the additional drivers current-driver way and II. The manual:
sudo service lightdm stop sudo sh Nvidia..._.run sudo service lightdm start
Both had the same results,
in system info : Graphics : UNKNOWN , in display settings : one UNKNOWN display is detected "the laptop's" and **cannot detect my other display**
What I did is that I modified the display's settings from Nvidia settings as a root in order to save the settings
sudo nvidia-settings LG Display > enabled, res: 1920- 1080, 60hz, left of (separate display options) Laptop Display > right of
Now the external screen can turn it's lights on but not useful at all I can't make it the default primary screen nor I can use it as primary if I disable the laptop's the other turns off along with it
I believe if the Graphics: unknown problem is solved then all is solved the system doesn't recognize the driver as if it is on it's own
Nvidia admins said it is a problem of the system not the driver
"it was working properly with Ubuntu 10. 04 with Nvidia manual driver installation"
Hardware info: computer type: laptop, type: ASUS f8sn, CPU 2. 4 core 2 due T8300 santarosa penryn, vga: Nvidia geforce 9500m gs, motherboard: ASUS, bus: Intel, chipset: Intel, external screen: LG E 2205, DVI connector: DVI-D Single link
I posted this after maybe the 15th reformat and reinstall of Ubuntu to fix this problem
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Torsten over 12 yearsPlease try this, I had the same problem with X64 and Nvidia graphic card, and finally got it to work with hardware acceleration and everything: ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1904230
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CME64 over 12 yearsi'll check if it works better