One last update: The problem with my screen shutting off seems to have been because of conflicting info between /etc/X11/xorg.cong and /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/xorg.conf. The later only had info for for one screen and was overiding changes to /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Why X always picked the external monitor to be screen 0 instead of my laptop screen, I'll never know. Deleting /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/xorg.conf it has solved my problem. I guess restoring the .e folder reverted back to a state where enlightenment was attached to the right screen.
I now have a problem with compositing with multiple screens, but I'll start a new thread for that. On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 9:11 PM, Will Hopper <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm resurrecting this thread after a weird finding. Restoring old versions > of xorg.conf and nvidia-setting.rc files didn't help, neither did > reinstalling the nvidia driver. However, using nouveau driver worked, but > resolution and display were buggy (no compositing support, at least with > default config). So, through a long trial and error, I solved my problem of > a disabled monitor by restoring my home directory to an old version, and > then traced this effect to the restoring of an old .e config directory, and > the .elementary directory. I assume the .e config files were the ones that > helped. > > I can replicate the problem at will by using nvidia-settings tool to > assign a seperate x screen to my laptop display and a external monitor, > saving changes to xorg.conf, exiting enlightenment, and logging in again. > All output goes to the second screen, and nvidia-settings tool shows my > laptop monitor as behind the second display, and off. So does the > enlightenment screen setup tool. Activating it, saving xorg.conf, and > logging out and logging back in to restart X results in the problem > starting all over again. Using twin-view instead of separate X screen works > fine. > > I was really surprised to see my .e directory make a difference, i thought > the problem would be with X or nvidia config files. Does anyone have any > theory about how enlightenment might be causing this problem? > > > On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Will Hopper <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I was wrong earlier about not getting an active screen under nouveau, i >> forgot to take the nvidia line out of xorg.conf and it was loading >> conflicting modules and now I can get a screen as regular user under >> nouveau. I tried purging and reinstalling the nvidia driver, but things >> remain the same unfortunately. >> >> When i call xrandr in the console, as root, with X running, it says >> 'Can't open display'. If I set DISPLAY=:0.0, it just says 'Can't open >> display :0.0' >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Huh? If you use the nouveau driver, you still can't get a screen as >>> user?! >>> Well, that likely rules out any problems with the nvidia driver. >>> >>> OK, how about this. Start X, go to the console, run the xrandr command. >>> You should have authority to connect to the X server, though you'll >>> probably >>> need to set the DISPLAY env (i.e export DISPLAY=:0.0). It'll be >>> interesting >>> to see what xrandr thinks is the active screen. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> dave.k >>> >>> >>> In the year 2013, of the month of September, on the 6th day, Will >>> Hopper wrote: >>> > Unfortunately that didn't do it. I tried an all new xorg.conf, deleted >>> > nvidia-settings-rc, and starting x from terminal, but still the problem >>> > persists. Sometimes in the terminal i see lots of messages like E: >>> > SLEEPING. If I used the nouveau driver instead of nvidia, i can get to >>> a >>> > low-res desktop for the root user, but normal user account still has a >>> dead >>> > screen. >>> > >>> > >>> > On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > > Try deleting/renaming your ~/.nvidia-settings-rc file. I'm >>> guessing that >>> > > there's a config option in there which is causing your issues. >>> > > >>> > > Cheers, >>> > > dave.k >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > In the year 2013, of the month of September, on the 5th day, Will >>> Hopper >>> > > wrote: >>> > > > Hi all, I have a fairly strange problem to report. Sorry in >>> advance if >>> > > this >>> > > > not the right place for this, but I'm very confused. I tried to >>> connect >>> > > to >>> > > > a projector today, and long story short, I could't use the nvidia >>> 'twin >>> > > > view' setting for my purposes, i had to use the nvidia-settings >>> tool to >>> > > > change xorg.conf and restart X to get my second display to work. >>> > > > >>> > > > Unfortunately, this didn't behave as expected, and I could only >>> get the >>> > > > projector display to show up, and the laptop screen was completely >>> off, >>> > > no >>> > > > backlight or anything, off in the same way it goes off when the >>> display >>> > > > goes to sleep. >>> > > > >>> > > > I abandoned my attempts to get the projector to work, and when I >>> > > restarted >>> > > > my laptop, the display was behaving the same way, with the laptop >>> screen >>> > > > turning completely off. It works fine until after i log in (using >>> lightdm >>> > > > to log in and start e) but once I log in the display shuts down. I >>> > > replaced >>> > > > my xorg.conf file with a backed up version, but the problem >>> persists. >>> > > > >>> > > > Even more curious, the enlightenment processes are indeed running >>> > > > (enlightenment_start, enlightenment, and e_fm), and the Xorg log >>> files >>> > > > don't show anything obviously wrong. >>> > > > >>> > > > I suspect this is problem caused by something that nvidia-settings >>> tool >>> > > > changed, somehow disabling the display and looking for the second >>> > > projector >>> > > > display. But I can't use nvidia-settings without a desktop >>> environment! >>> > > If >>> > > > anyone has any idea how to get my display back it would be much >>> > > appreciated! >>> > > > >>> > > > - Will >>> > > > >>> > > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> > > > Learn the latest--Visual Studio 2012, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, >>> more! >>> > > > Discover the easy way to master current and previous Microsoft >>> > > technologies >>> > > > and advance your career. Get an incredible 1,500+ hours of >>> step-by-step >>> > > > tutorial videos with LearnDevNow. 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