Sadly, separate X server was a disaster. The smaller VGA monitor on the right looked normal. The wider DVI monitor showed only a black background and my cursor when I moved over. But no windows or other activity.
I turned off the computer, unplugged the DVI monitor, and restarted. Now, my single monitor is screwed up. I can see the background after logging in, but no unity bar or top nav. Basically, it's busted. Not sure how to fix it, but clearly something is messed in the NVIDIA settings and xorg.conf. FWIW, I worked for several days with only a single VGA monitor and had no problems. I tried a single DVI monitor and had that crash. Not sure what the means. Also, I have two other machines I watch that have dual screen 11.10 installed. The other two are not crashing randomly this is one is, but the xorg process in top is often running near 100% CPU. That happened on this busted machine as well, and when I had it down to one monitor the xorg was very tame. So I've got this bug, the new problem introduced by the fix, and the high CPU I've seen on the other machines. IMHO, there is probably something screwed up with how 11.10 and Unity are dealing with dual monitors. It's sad, because I love the new interface. Unfortunately, it's hard to enjoy with my very basic Dell hardware. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/882710 Title: Dual monitors randomly black out, might be linked to switching workspaces To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/jockey/+bug/882710/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
