Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 21:42:12 +0300 From: moridin@mm.st To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Nvidia on FreeBSD Message-ID: <683be1ac-ee0d-5b98-d8bd-50de4811e92b@mm.st> In-Reply-To: <4be32bee4c39525d22592eb43f7abec8.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> References: <4be32bee4c39525d22592eb43f7abec8.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca>
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James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions wrote: > FreeBSD-12.1p8 > > I am forced to configure a new workstation (WS) due to an unrecoverable > hardware error on my old (c.2009) one. The new WS has only basic VGA on the > motherboard and has an Nvidia card as its primary video i/f. > > I have two monitors both connected to the card. Each works independently of > the other but when both are connected only one display is used. > > I have the Mate desktop installed and working. However when I try to configure > the monitors the display dialogue window only shows one, unknown, display and > the detect monitor button is not active. I also get a message stating that the > mate-settings-daemon cannot start. > > I need some help getting this sorted out. If someone could guide me through > this I would appreciate it very much. I know nothing about mate and its settings, but I remember running X on dual-monitor setup with nvidia. What you need is to get the output names from Xorg.log in /var/log (e.g. DFP-0, DFP-2) and add relevant config line to your /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/<name>.conf, e.g.: Section "Device" Identifier "Something here" Driver "nvidia" MetaModes "DFP-0:3840x2160,DFP-2:3840x2160" EndSection Check the documentation shipped with nvidia-driver for more options.
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