On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 02:42 -0700, Thomas Johnston wrote: > I am pretty new to Linux and was wondering if anyone can help me > resolve some issues which I believe may be related to the xorg.conf > file. Some relevant stats: > > Computer: Dell Vostro 1500 > Distribution: Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) with KDE > graphics card: Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT and I have > driver: Nvidias driver 180.44 > External Monitor: Acer AL2216W > Both the external monitor and my laptop display have a native > resolution of 1680x1050 > X Server Information: > Server Version Number: 11.0 > Server Vendor Version: 1.6.0 (10600000) > NV-Control Verions: 1.17 > X Screens 1 > > > Until recently, I had been able to connect the external monitor to the > VGA port on my laptop and use separate X screens without a problem. > However, I am working as a TA this summer and need to use my laptop > for teaching purposes. Two days ago I connected it to one of the LCD > projectors found in the classroom in an attempt to test the video > display and hopefully get the projected image to mirror my laptop > screen. I made some changes by running gksudo nvidia-settings. I > monkeyed with the "TwinView" and "separate X screen" options as well > as the position of the screens, but I never could get it to mirror my > laptop display. > > The problem I am having now, is that I can no longer get it to work > (well) with my external monitor at home now. I have spent many hours > trying to get functionality restored. It seems that the more I try to > get things to work, the worse the problem gets. The advice of > websites such as: > > http://www.ubuntulinux.org.cn/hacks/opensource/0596527209/i-0596527209-chp-5-sect-4.html > > seems pretty straight forward, but so far I have had no luck. I even > tried overwriting the active xorg.conf file with my backup copy, but > that still didn't do the trick. I can either: (a) get the laptop to > see the external monitor at all, but it always forces the resolution > of the external monitor to be much lower than its native resolution > and also affects some of the font size/display characteristics on my > laptop screen or (b) I can get my laptop display just as it was, but > it won't see the external monitor. Right now I have simplified my > xorg.conf file so that laptop display is good but no external monitor > is working.
Have you tried using xrandr to set up the external display? --Ken --
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