On Mon, 2016-03-21 at 17:27 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> Oliver Elphick composed on 2016-03-21 21:01 (UTC):
>
> >
> > I have two monitors; the second one sometimes comes to life but is
> > usually blank. However, the system thinks that it is active and
> > displaying.
> >
> Which Debian?
MATE testing
# cat /etc/debian_version
stretch/sid
(up to date)
> What gfxchip powers your displays?
Card: Nvidia
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [NVS 300]
(rev a2)
(I hope that is an answer!)
> Maybe you hit a known bug, such as:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94171
It is not the same chipset as reported in that bug, and I don't know
what I'm doing well enough to play with randr at the moment.
> Show us Xorg.0.log and .xsession-errors and maybe we can help.
.xsession-errors does not exist, so far as I can see. As far as the
system is concerned, it doesn't think that there is any error.
Xorg.0.log attached. Both monitors are recognised.
Thanks for any suggestions.
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Oliver Elphick
Lincolnshire, England