>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Rundle <[email protected]> writes:

Peter> I just reconfigured the screens on my old machine with the
Peter> matrox card (analog) and rebooted. The second screens power
Peter> light remains orange right up until X launches and the GMD
Peter> login appears. The power light then goes green. The second
Peter> screen remains black, but the mouse tracks over it so suspect
Peter> that the GDM background just doesn't stretch on to it. Once
Peter> logged in all normal.

Peter> On the new machine with the nVidia digital card, power light
Peter> always stays orange.


Which nvidia driver are you using?  The free one or the proprietary
one?

With the proprietary driver, you have to run nvidia-settings to enable
the external output.

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