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nvidia-graphics-drivers package

Can't set monitors

Bug #610582 reported by Mitch Claborn on 2010-07-27

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Chris Halse Rogers

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xorg

Can't set monitors with USB/VGA adapter. This bug requested by support.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jul 27 15:04:28 2010
DkmsStatus:
nvidia-current, 195.36.24, 2.6.32-23-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-current, 195.36.24, 2.6.32-22-generic, x86_64: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision M6500
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic root=UUID=fbb3628e-7cac-4229-a5cd-c53cbfc94ec6 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
dmi.bios.date: 02/03/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A02
dmi.board.name: 04KMC9
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA02:bd02/03/2010:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionM6500:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn04KMC9:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: Precision M6500
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
distro: Ubuntu
codename: lucid
architecture: x86_64
kernel: 2.6.32-23-generic

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Mitch Claborn (mitch-news) wrote on 2010-07-27:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (67.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (9.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (4.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog.txt Edit (17.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog1.txt Edit (17.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog2.txt Edit (17.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (36.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciDisplay.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (6.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (3.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (4.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RelatedPackageVersions.txt Edit (231 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (156.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (317.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (3.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (21.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (22.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (578 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (257 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (56.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (56.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Chris Halse Rogers (raof) wrote on 2010-07-30:

This looks like a configuration problem - although you've got two screen sections set up, they're not referenced by any ServerLayout section. In this case, the X server considers only the first Screen section encountered to be active.

I think that adding the following ServerLayout section will light up the SiS usb device, but I haven't tested it.

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier "Dual head layout"
        Screen "Screen0"
        Screen "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
EndSection

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Mitch Claborn (mitch-news) wrote on 2010-07-30:

xorg.conf.try2 Edit (4.0 KiB, text/plain)

OK, now I have video on the USB attached monitor. It is only running at 800x600. The Monitors dialog doesn't show anything higher than that. How can I get it to 1280 x 1024 (native for that monitor)?

My current xorg.conf is attached (as xorg.conf.try2).

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2010-08-03

Changed in xorg (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2010-08-04

affects:

xorg (Ubuntu) → nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu)

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Chris Halse Rogers (raof) wrote on 2010-08-09:

Hm. That xorg.conf looks like it should work to me. Could you please attach the /var/log/Xorg.0.log generated when you use it?

I suspect that the Monitors dialog isn't showing other options because Xinerama disables the XRandR extension that is normally used to handle dynamic resolution switching, but the Xorg.0.log would make that more obvious.

One configuration option you could try is to just remove all the unwanted resolutions from the xorg.conf - so your Screen section would become:

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "screen1"
        Device "SiS USB2VGA"
        DefaultDepth 16
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 16
                Modes "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 8
                Modes "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 24
                Modes "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

It might also be worth changing the DefaultDepth to 24 to match the other screen.

If these don't work, the Xorg.0.log file generated would be useful to work out why it's not working.

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Chris Halse Rogers (raof)

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2012-03-21

affects:	nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) → nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu):
status:	Confirmed → Incomplete

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dino99 (9d9) wrote on 2015-06-26:

That version is no more supported; please open a new bug report if the actual archive found version also has the same issue.

Changed in nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Invalid

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