>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Rundle <[email protected]> writes:
Peter> Peter Chubb wrote: >> Which nvidia driver are you using? The free one or the proprietary >> one? Peter> The proprietary one from nVidia. >> With the proprietary driver, you have to run nvidia-settings to >> enable the external output. Peter> Have run nvidia-settings and configured it every which way I Peter> can. Still no joy. Hmmm. With my machine, nvidia-settings shows two monitors attached, with one turned off. If you don't see that then maybe the second output is broken or something. Peter> manually. Maybe I'll try the "free" driver and see if it works Peter> but suspect that the free driver hasn't been reverse engineered Peter> enough to support dual screen mode. (no criticism of writers of Peter> free drivers implied, they've got a tough task when the vendor The free driver detects all attached monitors for me. You can also try the vesa driver -- crap performance, but it may work for you, at least to validate that the output works. -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
