Bug#515527: base: dual screen functionality does not work
Thanks, I will play with getting the dual screens functioning (I've
done it before all be it with my older nvidia card), just getting no
display at all after a clean install was concerning.
Barry
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> wrote:
> reassign 515527 xserver-xorg-video-nv
> thanks
>
> Hi Barry,
>
> On Montag, 16. Februar 2009, Barry Horne wrote:
>> It is loading the nv driver according to the Xorg logs. I hope this
>> is what you are after.
>
> yes, thanks.
>
> I'm not sure if your card has a G80 board, but you might want to look at
> http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 to see how to setup dualhead
> nowadays.
>
> If you're card is not supported by xrandr, I think there are other ways for
> nv, but right now I dont know which ;-)
>
>
> regards,
> Holger
>
>> > On Sonntag, 15. Februar 2009, Barry Horne wrote:
>> >> I have attached dual wide screen monitors to my GeForce 9600GT graphics
>> >> card. After installation of Debian the PC reboots and instead of GDM
>> >> appearing I simply get a blank black screen. Cntrl-Alt-Fx does not
>> >> respond either. I have discovered that disconnecting the second display
>> >> does allow X (upon reboot) to start normally, and the system is quite
>> >> usable with a single screen.
>
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