On 31/10/2014, Jape Person <jap...@comcast.net> wrote: > On 10/30/2014 03:13 PM, Bret Busby wrote: >> On 31/10/2014, Jape Person <jap...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> On 10/30/2014 01:02 PM, Curt wrote: >>>> On 2014-10-30, Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello. >>>>> >>>>> I have just realised the presence, and, extent of the presence, of the >>>>> spelling/typographical errors in the last previous message that I >>>>> posted about this; above, so am posting it again, hopefully with all >>>>> of the errors corrected. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I'm afraid your grade can't be modified at this point however >>>> grammatically laudable your continued efforts. >>>> >>>> >>> This -- made me smile. >>> >>> Curt at his succinct and pithy best. >>> >>> As for you, Bret. I'm going to try to find an extra monitor around here >>> this weekend to see if I can find a) your problem, and b) a solution. >>> I'll also have to do a little spelunking in the message archive to see >>> if I have any chance of roughly duplicating your hardware setup. >>> >>> I've used multiple monitors in testing before with various graphics >>> subsystems and don't remember any drama. I quit only because I'm >>> probably better off not seeing one monitor well than not seeing two >>> monitors well. >>> >>> Dangit, old age. For all I know there was *lots* of drama, and I just >>> don't remember it! >>> >>> Jape >>> >>> >> >> Hello. >> >> I hope that the information below, is helpful. >> >> The problem computer is an Acer v3 772 laptop computer, running Debian >> 7 .x and LXDE, now with bumblebee installed; the noveau version of >> bumblebee, did not work, so I installed the nvidia version of >> bumblebee, and that still did not work, and that system has an NVidia >> GEForce GT750M graphics accelerator. >> >> It does not detect the external monitor. >> >> The external monitor runs okay with Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS, on the same >> hardware, regarding which, from a previous message; >> >> " >> However, from Ubuntu 14.04.1.LTS, which I have now installed, and got >> the external monitor working, and display output directed to only that >> monitor, I have >> >> " >> bret@bret-Aspire-V3-772:~$ lspci -nn | grep VGA >> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 4th Gen >> Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0416] (rev 06) >> >>>From the Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS lshw output, I get >> >> " >> *-pci:0 >> description: PCI bridge >> product: Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI >> Express x16 Controller >> vendor: Intel Corporation >> physical id: 1 >> bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0 >> version: 06 >> width: 32 bits >> clock: 33MHz >> capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list >> configuration: driver=pcieport >> resources: irq:40 ioport:4000(size=4096) >> memory:d2000000-d2ffffff ioport:a0000000(size=536870912) >> *-display >> description: 3D controller >> product: GK107M [GeForce GT 750M] >> vendor: NVIDIA Corporation >> physical id: 0 >> bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 >> version: a1 >> width: 64 bits >> clock: 33MHz >> capabilities: bus_master cap_list rom >> configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0 >> resources: irq:51 memory:d2000000-d2ffffff >> memory:a0000000-afffffff memory:b0000000-b1ffffff >> ioport:4000(size=128) memory:b2000000-b207ffff >> *-display >> description: VGA compatible controller >> product: 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics >> Controller >> vendor: Intel Corporation >> physical id: 2 >> bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 >> version: 06 >> width: 64 bits >> clock: 33MHz >> capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom >> configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 >> resources: irq:48 memory:d3000000-d33fffff >> memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:5000(size=64) >> " >> >> " > > Oh, rats! I had mixed up your situation and one that I saw on a forum. > Yeah, there's no chance I can match that hardware setup. I'm guessing > that later kernels are going to support that video hardware just fine. > > I will still do some noodling around this weekend to see if I can come > up with a bright idea -- or even a dumb one. But I'm afraid I'm not > going to be of much use to you. > > I'm sorry. > > Jape >
Hello. If you can help me, well and good; if you can't help me, thank you, anyway, for your interest. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cacx6j8m9mzv15scemnr2hm0c50town+1e0k+19h+zpneogf...@mail.gmail.com