Re: [SOLVED] XRandR + nVidia - well not quite solved

2013-04-01 Thread Joseph Areeda
Well folks I have some more information and solved it the hard[est] way. The only thing I found that matches my symptoms pretty closely is in this blog post http://blog.pdark.de/tag/opengl/ According to the author: The reason for the error was that the xorg-x11-server contains the file

Re: [SOLVED] XRandR + nVidia - well not quite solved

2013-04-01 Thread Joseph Areeda
On 04/01/2013 08:10 AM, Phil Perry wrote: On 01/04/13 15:24, Joseph Areeda wrote: Well folks I have some more information and solved it the hard[est] way. The only thing I found that matches my symptoms pretty closely is in this blog post http://blog.pdark.de/tag/opengl/ According to the

Re: [SOLVED] XRandR + nVidia - well not quite solved

2013-03-31 Thread Joseph Areeda
At the bottom of the SOLVED message, I noted that one program didn't work. That one is SeeVogh teleconverencing (research.seevogh.org). Today I discovered a Matlab application (one of mine) that produced the same symptoms. To skip to the end: Setting Matlab to use software opengl fixes that

Re: XRandR + nVidia

2013-03-10 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 09.03.2013 21:59, schrieb Joseph Areeda: I need some advice on how to turn on RANDR. I have a few systems with nVidia GPU 5xx and 6xx series. Latest kmod drivers, multiple monitors with Xinerama enabled. Newer systems work fine but I have once that been upgraded since before the 2

Re: XRandR + nVidia

2013-03-10 Thread Joseph Areeda
On 03/10/2013 06:53 AM, Phil Perry wrote: On 10/03/13 13:11, Florian Philipp wrote: Am 09.03.2013 21:59, schrieb Joseph Areeda: I need some advice on how to turn on RANDR. I have a few systems with nVidia GPU 5xx and 6xx series. Latest kmod drivers, multiple monitors with Xinerama enabled.

Re: XRandR + nVidia

2013-03-10 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 10.03.2013 14:53, schrieb Phil Perry: On 10/03/13 13:11, Florian Philipp wrote: Am 09.03.2013 21:59, schrieb Joseph Areeda: I need some advice on how to turn on RANDR. I have a few systems with nVidia GPU 5xx and 6xx series. Latest kmod drivers, multiple monitors with Xinerama enabled.

[SOLVED] XRandR + nVidia

2013-03-10 Thread Joseph Areeda
On 03/10/2013 08:02 AM, Florian Philipp wrote: Am 10.03.2013 14:53, schrieb Phil Perry: On 10/03/13 13:11, Florian Philipp wrote: Am 09.03.2013 21:59, schrieb Joseph Areeda: I need some advice on how to turn on RANDR. I have a few systems with nVidia GPU 5xx and 6xx series. Latest kmod

Re: XRandR + nVidia

2013-03-10 Thread Ken Teh
I can really identify with the xkcd graphic. X11 graphics on Linux has really come a long way. It was a real struggle back in the early 90's. Florian's response is spot on. Having a xorg.conf actually messes things up. Dont know why. But when you get rid of it, some automagical happens.