Eric S Fraga composed on 2017-11-03 14:22 (UTC): > I am trying to get a similar system configure with Debian testing/buster > and not getting anywhere beyond having two monitors on a single card > recognised.
Is this a first try (has this ever worked before trying with Buster)? > I have three monitors, two on first card and 1 on second > card. Only the ones of the first card are getting managed by > Xorg. Although the second card and associated monitor are found by > Xorg, I cannot seem to get Xorg to configure and actually use this third > monitor. > Details follow: > $ dpkg --list '*nouveau*' > libdrm-nouveau2:amd64 2.4.84-2 > xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2 > $ lspci | grep VGA > 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107GL [Quadro K620] > (rev a2) > 04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 210] > (rev a2) To be clear, both are PCIe cards, neither is onboard or integrated in the CPU package? > $ uname -a > Linux xxx 4.13.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.13.4-2 (2017-10-15) x86_64 GNU/Linux > Selected lines from Xorg.0.log: > [ 3877.659] (--) NOUVEAU(0): Chipset: "NVIDIA NV117" > [ 3877.659] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen > section > [...] > [ 3877.693] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Output DVI-I-1 using monitor section rotated > [...] > [ 3877.768] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Monitor name: DELL U2412M > [...] > [ 3877.783] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Monitor name: DELL U3818DW > [...] > [ 3877.783] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Output DVI-I-1 connected > [ 3877.783] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Output DP-1 connected > [...] > [ 3877.783] (--) NOUVEAU(G0): Chipset: "NVIDIA NVA8" > [...] > [ 3877.795] (II) NOUVEAU(G0): Output DVI-I-1-2 using monitor section rotated > [ 3877.851] (II) NOUVEAU(G0): Output HDMI-1-1 has no monitor section > [ 3877.862] (II) NOUVEAU(G0): Output VGA-1-1 has no monitor section > [...] > [ 3878.010] (II) NOUVEAU(G0): Monitor name: SHARP HDMI > but then nothing is connected to this monitor or this monitor is not > connected to anything... The strange thing is that the output says that > output DVI-I-1-2 will use the "rotated" monitor section which has > already been assigned to the DVI-I-1 output. > I can post Xorg.0.log as well as my current xorg.conf if anybody is > interested. Without an xorg-conf at all, I get the same effective > behaviour: two monitors working but third one ignored. > Any suggestions welcome. Things I would try: 1-Purge xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (IOW, does default modesetting driver find three connected displays?). 2-Check if a Knoppix boot generates similar failure. 3-Swap the two cards between PCIe slots. 4-Can you get output on two displays if you remove the Quadro (IOW, will the GeForce work at all)? 5-Try a DVI cable type with the GeForce/Sharp if the Sharp has a DVI port. 6-Try the GeForce with a DVI-to-HDMI adapter and HDMI cable. 7-Try a different HDMI port on the Sharp if it has more than one. 8-Report http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucecesf/tmp/xorglog.txt and failure on one of the lists devoted to Xorg hardware issues, such as [email protected] or [email protected]. -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
