Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 09:55:38 +0100 From: Anton Berezin <tobez@tobez.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X Can't "see" my docked monitor - xorg, nvidia, or kde? Message-ID: <20071107085538.GA70315@heechee.tobez.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0711061307470.1136@ync.qbhto.arg> References: <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0711061307470.1136@ync.qbhto.arg>
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On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 01:19:18PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > > I just did the mondo upgrade of the ports on my up to date 8-current > laptop. Whereas before the upgrade the default video output would always be > the monitor attached to the dock if my laptop was in the dock (which was > what I wanted), now X refuses to see the dock at all, and it will only come > up on the laptop screen. > > The console works just fine on the dock's monitor, and I double-checked the > bios to make sure that the dock is set as primary video out. I also > commented out all mentions of the laptop's screen from xorg.conf, but it > steadfastly insists on coming up only on the laptop. > > All my ports are up to date, including kde 3.5.8, and nvidia-driver > 100.14.19. I also tried with and without the -ignoreABI option, no change. > I should also point out that I'm using kdm, but I was using it before the > upgrade too. Turning kdm off and using startx has no effect (still comes up > only on the laptop screen). > Any suggestions? The content of /var/log/Xorg.0.log might be useful, but also try and play with xrandr. Xrandr --verbose should tell you what outputs i actually sees, and then you can disable/enable individual outputs and see what happens. \Anton. -- We're going for 'working' here. 'clean' is for people with skills... -- Flemming Jacobsen
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