The issue that the *original reporter* described have been verified to
be fixed by the reporter himself. If its still an issue for anyone in
Ubuntu Precise please open new bug report./
** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu Oneiric)
Status: Confirmed = Invalid
** Changed in: unity
We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response
from the original bug reporter. However, if the issue still exists in
the latest development version of Ubuntu and you are the original
reporter please feel free to reopen with the requested information. If
you are not the
I use a Dell Vostro 1500 with a GeForce 8600M GT.
I used to have lucid with gnome2 (of course) with a seperate x-server setting
for my external tft. everything worked like a charme.
Then i switched to an SSD and did a oneiric reinstall.
When installing any oneiric nvidiadriver and setting up
Hey clint-fewbar,
Hi, thanks for reporting this issue during the development period of
Ubuntu.
I notice there's not been further comments to the bug report since the
release came out, would you mind updating us on the status of it in the
release?
Are you still able to reproduce the issue? If
I just want to chime in here and say that there is something seriously
wrong with Ocelot and Compiz and Unity and nVidia. In fact, this issue
is one reason why I haven't upgraded one of my machines. I did upgrade
my work machine, and I had similar issues as above. I managed to finagle
the settings
@Axel: thanks for the tip regarding disper :) I installed this software
immediately and i was able to use my 2 external monitors like i used to do
using nvidia-settings. The command i used was:
disper -d DFP-1,DFP-2 -e -r auto
It seems to work without a glitch, on Xubuntu . Nvidia-settings
Hello,
I noticed that several of you say that TwinView works out of Unity. I am
using Xubuntu, all latest patches applied, and TwinView does not work.
Nvidia-settings app simply hangs and will not work again, unless i
logout and login again.
Please let me know how you guys manage to get it to
Hi Radu, could you please give us a little bit more information about
you system and settings (xubuntu version, program version of nvidia,
xorg.conf, lightdm.log, xorg.logs, ...). Its a little bit hard to see
where your problem is, without these fact ;)
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I have not installed xubuntu from the cd, I installed Ubuntu and then
installed the xubuntu-desktop package and then switched to xfce from
lightdm. Then I was easily able to use nvidia-settings
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Hello ,
Thank you very much for replying to me :)
Indeed my first post did not include too many details. I have a Dell
E6520 laptop, and i use 1 x HDMI and 1 x DisplayPort output through a
Dell Port Replicator. It was working perfectly before the Ubuntu
upgrade.
I tested:
Ubuntu with XFCE4
Hello again,
I performed the test again and i can see no output in any of the logs.
The only odd thing is that nvidia-settings freezes, and it consumes 70-80% of
CPU resources. I check this using top tool.
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Could you please open a console do the following:
Start nvidia-settings, try to configure, then nvidia-settings freezes.
Then go into your console an do (you can copy and paste the following):
cd ~/Desktop
mkdir reports
cd reports
sudo cp /var/log/lightdm/*
sudo apport-bug
I have done as you said. Please find the attached report
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Hi Radu, thanks for sending the information. As far as I can see there
is only one thing that i don't understand in the xorg.log, when you try
to add the second monitor.:
[ 310.430] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode
DFP-0:NULL,DFP-1:1920x1080@1920x1080+0+0
mine looks like this when attaching a
Forgot to mention: Point 1: you should probably use the jockey-gtk
tool to install nvidia after the uninstallation procedure and reboot!!!
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DFP-0 is unavailable because i turned it off.
I want to use DFP-1 and DFP-2 for twinview.
DFP-0 is the laptop screen.
DFP-1 and DFP-2 are external.
Thanks for the instructions above. I will try your advice and let you
know the results.
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DFP-1 and DFP-2 are external
This is a problem, because as far as I know Twin-view (as the name implies)
is for dualmonitor-view only!
What you need is xinerama and this is a complete different thing - and would be
another bug report as well. This bug handles the case, where people try to
Hi Axel,
This is not completely true. In Natty, it was possible to activate twinview on
2 external monitors if DFP-0 is disabled.
This was done via nvidia-settings.
However now, the nvidia-settings seems to crash when the same setup is applied.
Like Radu, I also experience this problem. I have
@Christophe and @Radu: I really suggest opening a new, separate bug for
this special case with two external monitors, primary one switched off.
@Christophe: is it possible to use your old xorg.conf (11.04) with 11.10
(without nvidia-settings)? Or save the running configuration to an xorg.file
@Axel:
Thank removing that file solved my login problem as well as my themes in
nautilus.
Since unity update came out my indicator applets have stopped giving me
issues. I can now click on them to open without holding down the mouse.
@Russ
That method seemed to work for me, except my unity did
Evidence suggests this is a problem with the unity-plugin in Compiz,
rather than a problem with TwinView. (No problems with Unity2D, XFCE,
KDE, etc.)
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Status: Invalid = Confirmed
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I've been experiencing these same problems with my MacBook Pro 5.1
system. Based on all of your comments, this is my work around.
1. Login from LDM in Unity.
2. Add a link to /usr/bin/unity on your Desktop.
3. Open Nvidia Settings
4. Enable second monitor in Twin View mode.
5. It will fail
I've been experiencing these same problems when extending my desktop.
Cloning the desktop works, but system is unstable for a minute or two.
(As described in bug 877438)
chipset: nVidia Corporation GF104 [GeForce GTX 460] (rev a1)
nvidia-current: 280.13-0ubuntu6
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This morning I applied updates that came in via update manager. There
were Unity updates, so I rebooted and tried again to use my two
monitors, but I still have the same behavior as described in #42.
Anyone else having this issue?
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@Psypher
Just an idea: do you have an ~/.config/monitors.xml file?
See http://askubuntu.com/questions/23869/could-not-apply-the-stored-
configuration-for-the-monitor
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FWIW, after today's updates, I managed to get twinview (partially)
working.
Previously, whenever I enabled twinview, Unity just plain crashed, and
literally all I was left with was my desktop wallpaper. I had to save
Nvidia's settings to xorg.conf in order to get dual monitors, but even
then I
@#11 - I also have to set second display to Twinview:Clone. That never
works on the first attempt, but works on the second attempt. Once
second display is cloned, I can change to Right Of. I am not able to
use the workaround described in #20.
GeForce 8600M GT
nvidia-current (280.13-0ubuntu6)
I'm having the same symptom as that of Michael, #34. Also a Quadro
card.
I cannot get Twinview to work since I upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10. My
computer is a Dell Optiplex 960, with a Dell-supplied nVidia Quadro NVS
420 card, connected via DVI to two Dell 2009W monitors. Until Monday, I
was
Followup on my entry, #42:As suggested in #12, I installed xfce4. I
logged in using xfce, and was able to easily get twinview working, with
no anomalies. Looks like this may be a Unity bug instead of
specifically an nvidia bug?
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HI Axel,
I know you are using a minimal xorg but I am not understanding what is
the point when we are trying to get twinview working with unity. I have
no issues when running with one screen, expo works, indicators work,
themes work. As soon as I apply my Natty working xorg the entire desktop
Missing themes
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Error at login
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HI Axel,
Tried unity 2d, still get the Could not apply the stored configuration
for monitors error on boot with missing theme, then as before I click
OK and then the desktop is draw with correct theme yet nautilus is still
missing theme. Also not sure how unity 2d acts on a dual screen, never
Oh I still have to hold my left mouse down on any of the indicator
applets to keep them menu open
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nvidia drivers,
Hi psypher,
as said in #30 I don't write to the xorg-file wiht nvidia settings (what one
might do), only use a minimal.
In very very old days, some monitors need to have appropriate modelines: see
https://wiki.blue-it.org/Xserver_Issues#Modline_generator
@#35: Did you install the package
I have a white screen on my second monitor - however, you can see the
mouse pointer (as an x, like in the classical X windows).
My graphics card is a Nvidia Quadro NV290 ( NVIDIA Driver
Version:280.13 (nvidia-current) )
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Hi Axel,
I tried all of that but still to no avail. As soon as I try setting
twinview again the screen corrupts, times out and is back to normal.
replacing my working xorg.conf and restarting still yields the same
issues when going in to expo mode, I still get the errors on boot and
themes are
OK - just for a workaround: if Unity(3D) is not working. Are you able to
use unity2d?
It works (almost) perfectly on my different twinview workplaces. That's
what I am doing since I have massive performance issues on my 128MB
nvidia quadro NVS140M card - which is older, but normally should be
not
@Axel
Thank you!
This made Gnome-Shell (v3) work with twinview on my Lenovo W520 running
discrete graphics only.
Unity still breaks down when twinview is started.
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Hi All,
I have a GeForce GT 445M and this issue is not resolved with latest
Oneiric. My transition is also totally corrupted and then goes back to
default. If I save my xorg.conf at that point and restart lightdm I have
dual view working but there are still issues. When pressing super+s the
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Hi psypher,
my desktop looked exactly the same when using supe-s as shown in your
screenshot.
What i did: booted into recovery mode and removed nvidia-current AND
nvidia-settings:
apt-get remove --purge nvidia-current nvidia-settings
Then I searched for ALL occurences of
@Clint, can you confirm you're no longer having the black screen issue,
and that this bug report can be closed?
Also interested in if the corruption during transition still occurs;
you're right it's probably a separate bug.
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I can see some artifacts when changing the screen (see video). This is under
unity, the same applies for unity 2d.
I don't see these when using e.g. xfce (probably things only are faster and
therefore artifacts not visible?).
linux-image-3.0.0-12-generic - 3.0.0-12.19
nvidia-cg-toolkit -
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Excerpts from Bryce Harrington's message of Fri Oct 07 08:46:31 UTC 2011:
@Clint, can you confirm you're no longer having the black screen issue,
and that this bug report can be closed?
Also interested in if the corruption during transition still occurs;
you're right it's probably a
** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu Oneiric)
Importance: Undecided = High
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Title:
nvidia drivers, second
I just wanted to note that I no longer have the covered by black problem
in 11.10 beta2, however I still do have issues when adding/removing
monitors to TwinView. They're mostly visual corruption that go away once
the transition is over. I suspect these are different issues than the one
reported
** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu Oneiric)
Assignee: Canonical Desktop Experience Team (canonical-dx-team) = Jay
Taoko (jaytaoko)
** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu Oneiric)
Status: Confirmed = Invalid
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nvidia-common 1:0.2.35
nvidia-current 280.13-0ubuntu3
nvidia-settings280.13-0ubuntu2
xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7
unity 4.16.0-0ubuntu2
unity-2d 4.8.0-0ubuntu
unity-common 4.16.0-0ubuntu2
Note: nvidia-settings was gone/not working for some reasons. So I had to
reinstall it (apt-get install
Ditto - everything worked fine under 11.04 with gnome-session, upgraded
to Oneiric, now cannot enable twinview in Unity without things breaking.
Things are OK under Unity 2D.
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I used Reset from XServer Display Configuration in Nvidia Settings.
Now I don't see any configuration errors on start-up and twin-view is
working correctly from no config required.
:-)
Yay!
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Note that it appears particuarly after restarting unity. Should maybe be
a nvidia bug.
** Tags added: didrocks-oneiric-list
** Also affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Status: New = Confirmed
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nvidia drivers, second monitor
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I have tested with a macbook pro (Nvidia 9600 inside). I can setup a TwinView
between my macbook screen and a 1600x1200 monitor. Unity works fine, but
twinView takes some times to configure. It sometimes refuse to set a
configuration that I know to be working...
I recommend trying again with
I will mark this as invalid, as I suspect a bug in Nvidia TwinView. Re-
open if there are more information to suggest otherwise.
** Changed in: unity
Status: Confirmed = Invalid
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Hi Jay,
1. For more information: did you read this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-settings/+bug/840462 ?
2. Did you read #12 ?
Could you be a little bit more declarative why you changed this to
invalid and suspect this is a bug in Nvidia-Twinview, why not Compiz
or
I fully agree with Axel. I have exactly the same problems and I think
this is really unity/compiz related. Everything was working fine with
10.04.
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Excerpts from Jay Taoko's message of Wed Sep 14 15:52:12 UTC 2011:
I will mark this as invalid, as I suspect a bug in Nvidia TwinView. Re-
open if there are more information to suggest otherwise.
I did actually have a more positive experience when disabling the second
monitor today with all
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