Thanx Anthony and Brett for the leads.
I installed arandr and it recognizes LVDS1 (laptop screen) and VGA1 with
the VGA connector. This is also seen through gnome: System ->
Preferences -> Monitors. It even recognizes the make and size of the
1080p monitor! running xrandr with hdmi plugged in and vga disconnected
recognizes only the laptop screen.
logs and modules >>
r...@tri:/home/joe# egrep 'WW|EE' /var/log/Xorg.0.log
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
r...@tri:/home/joe# lsmod|grep nvidia
r...@tri:/home/joe# lsmod|grep nouv
nouveau 352808 0
ttm 39746 1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper 20033 2 nouveau,i915
drm 142151 5 nouveau,ttm,i915,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit 4225 2 nouveau,i915
i2c_core 15680 6
videodev,nouveau,i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
button 4650 2 nouveau,i915
So I guess I need the driver for the video card? Was hoping to go non
proprietary if possible. Checking into the video drivers. Any openish
recommendations? Machine has dual graphics cards: NVidia G210M Graphics
with 512MB DDR3 + Intel GMA 4500MHD (Switchable VGA).
Thanx guys.
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Joe Golden /_\ www.triangul.us /_\ People, Ideas, Connections
On 10/11/2010 02:21 PM, Brett Johnson wrote:
Better late than never on a reply (I hope). What are you using for
drivers in your xorg.conf? Do you notice a difference between using the
proprietary (*gasp*) NVidia drivers and the nouveau driver? Check out
/var/log for your Xorg log files and look to see if you are having
problems loading the driver you are using just to make sure it loads
properly:
egrep 'WW|EE' /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Lines with warnings show with (WW) and lines with errors show with (EE).
This might help you troubleshoot if your problem is driver related.
I've had issues where I install and try to use the proprietary driver
but it ends up loading the nouveau driver due to problems with the
proprietary one. I didn't notice as I had 3d acceleration but there
were a few features I had issues with that I didn't fix until I tracked
down the problem. You can also do an lsmod and verify 'nvidia' is
loaded after installing the nvidia driver if you go that route.
If you are using gnome, check System -> Preferences -> Monitors with
your HDMI cable plugged in and let us know if you see the other
'monitor' listed and if you can enable it through there (gnome won't
always auto enable the monitor - it will make you select the second
monitor and click 'On').
And lastly, HDMI cables are dirt cheap if you don't buy them locally.
Local retailers use their TVs/PCs/etc as their loss leaders and then
shaft everyone on the peripherals. A personal favorite for cables is
monoprice.com <http://monoprice.com> but there are other similar sites
out there.
Cheers,
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Brett Johnson
simpleroute | 1690 Williston Road | South Burlington, VT 05401
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<mailto:[email protected]> | web: simpleroute.com
<http://simpleroute.com>
On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Anthony Carrico <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On 10/09/2010 01:03 PM, joe golden wrote:
> When I plug in the HDMI cable I get nuthin' on the same monitor
that was
> OK w/ the VGA cable.
>
> There's a couple of issues here:
> * laptop has dual graphics cards
> * HDMI is totally untested
> * No special mods have been installed to recognize special
hardware
Have you tried xrandr?
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Anthony Carrico
