Re: Dual-Monitor help
On Thursday 23 August 2012 1:41:37 pm Nelson Green wrote:
> > > Nelson,
> > > Did you install the driver package? Either xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> > > or xserver-xorg-video-nvidia (open and closed driver respectively) from
> > > apt or download and installed from Nvidia's site?
> > >
> > > Shane
> >
> > I sure did:
> > $ dpkg -l | grep nouveau | cut -d " " -f 3
> > libdrm-nouveau1
> > xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
>
> Oops, forgot to include:
> $ lsmod | grep nouveau
> nouveau 581600 2
> ttm 48312 1 nouveau
> drm_kms_helper 22707 1 nouveau
> drm 160013 3 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
> i2c_algo_bit 12713 1 nouveau
> mxm_wmi 12433 1 nouveau
> video 17415 1 nouveau
> i2c_core 19218 5
> nouveau,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_i801 button
> 12817 1 nouveau
> wmi 13051 3 nouveau,mxm_wmi,dell_wmi
>
> > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Nelson Green
> > >
> > > <nelsongreen84@hotmail.com<mailto:nelsongreen84@hotmail.com>> wrote:
> > > > Nelson Green wrote:
> > > > > I have a Dell Precision T5500 with dual video cards, and I would
> > > > > like to have one large screen spread across the two monitors.
> > > >
> > > > I usually do this with a single graphics card. So my suggestion might
> > > > not be useful to you. But...
> > > >
> > > > > I am not sure where to start. One thing I have tried to do is to
> > > > > see what xrandr gives me, and I don't completely understand the
> > > > > output of that. I have included that output, and a copy of
> > > > > Xorg.0.log below.
> > > > >
> > > > > At this point I would welcome any suggestions as to what to try
> > > > > next.
> > > >
> > > > I would start with lxrandr. Because even me being a staunch CLI
> > > > advocate it is sometimes easier to click the mouse. This is simply an
> > > > graphical interface to xrandr.
> > > >
> > > > # apt-get install lxrandr
> > > >
> > > > $ lxrandr
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, lxrandr only shows the single monitor. Another issue I
> > > have is nothing from xrandr nor lxrandr shows an output interface. If
> > > I could get that information I might at least have a place to start. As
> > > it is, the only indications that the two cards are even known to the
> > > system are the Xorg log, and the output of dmesg. Other than that
> > > nothing seems to be aware of the second video card and/or monitor.
> > >
> > > BTW, I also realized I forgot to mention that I am using the Xfce
> > > Desktop. I doubt that makes any difference, but figured I should at
> > > least mention it for completeness.
> > >
> > > I appreciate the reply.
> > > Patrick
It is possible that the 'nouveau' driver doesn't do dual monitors with the Quadro
600 cards. i am not to good with these things, looks like it tries 'nouveau,
vesa & FB, and fails. ,
I do run a Quadro dual port card, I use the 'nvidia' driver, the xorg drivers do
not work with my setup. The Nvidia driver comes with a monitor setup app, works
here.
--
Peace,
Greg
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