Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-nv
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
xserver-xorg-video-nv v1:2.1.10-lubuntu2
Nvidia FX5600, Dell D1226H monitor, Sony XBR800 TV
With both a fresh install and the Live CD, when I have both my VGA CRT
monitor and my DVI CRT TV connected, the monitor display is just a mess
of colour, as shown in the attached photo. Also, switching to a
terminal window, once the screen is full, it stops refreshing or
displaying any output and I have to switch to another terminal window
and back again to see the response to each command I enter.
With the install, I can obtain a desktop by using the vga= switch, but
there is no mouse pointer, which makes it impossible to use and it still
had the terminal window problem as described above. With the LiveCD, if
I boot into Safe mode it works using VESA, but only at 640x480 which is
too small to be able to access some of the buttons on windows.
After reading Bug #43710 I tracked the problem down to my TV being
connected on the secondary DVI port. Strangely, unplugging the TV power
from the wall didn't help, so I guess it must hold a residual charge
that still enables the PC to detect it. Disconnecting the DVI lead fixed
it.
It seems that when both my TV and monitor are connected, what happens is
that xorg uses the TV as the main display (which displays correctly) but
it's trying to clone it on the monitor, which leads to the problems
mentioned.
I'll upload a few log and conf files in additional posts.
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X.Org X Server 1.5.2
Release Date: 10 October 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-19-server i686 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux ubuntu 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Fri Oct 24
06:42:44 UTC 2008 i686
Build Date: 24 October 2008 08:00:16AM
xorg-server 2:1.5.2-2ubuntu3 (bui...@rothera.buildd)
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
ubu...@ubuntu:~$ lspci -nn| grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV31 [GeForce FX
5600] [10de:0312] (rev a1)
** Affects: xserver-xorg-video-nv (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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display corrupted with dualhead nvidia card
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/309702
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