Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:01:55 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Anton Berezin <tobez@tobez.org> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X Can't "see" my docked monitor - xorg or nvidia? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.0.99999.0711111354030.40775@ync.qbhto.arg> In-Reply-To: <20071107085538.GA70315@heechee.tobez.org> References: <alpine.BSF.0.9999.0711061307470.1136@ync.qbhto.arg> <20071107085538.GA70315@heechee.tobez.org>
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Thanks for responding, sorry it took so long to get back to you, $REAL_LIFE is in my face lately. I was able to remove kde from the equation by starting good old windowmaker, same results. On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, Anton Berezin wrote: > On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 01:19:18PM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: >> >> 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, http://people.freebsd.org/~dougb/Xorg.0.log There are a couple of interesting sections: (II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1 (II) PCI: Config type is 1 (II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x00000000, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000 (WW) OS did not count PCI devices, guessing wildly and (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on Quadro NVS 110M at PCI:1:0:0: (--) NVIDIA(0): DELL 2001FP (CRT-0) (--) NVIDIA(0): LPL (DFP-0) (--) NVIDIA(0): DELL 2001FP (CRT-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock (--) NVIDIA(0): LPL (DFP-0): 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock (--) NVIDIA(0): LPL (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link LVDS That all looks right, but (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0 That should not be, since the only screen mentioned in xorg.conf (http://people.freebsd.org/~dougb/xorg.conf) is the 2001FP. (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for "1600x1200"; removing. This makes sense because the laptop screen doesn't do that resolution, it's for the 2001FP. > 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. Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1440 x 900, maximum 1440 x 900 default connected 1440x900+0+0 (0x19a) normal (normal) 0mm x 0mm Identifier: 0x199 Timestamp: 811385259 Subpixel: unknown Clones: CRTC: 0 CRTCs: 0 1440x900 (0x19a) 64.8MHz h: width 1440 start 0 end 0 total 1440 skew 0 clock 45.0KHz v: height 900 start 0 end 0 total 900 clock 50.0Hz ... No mention of the 2001FP at all. Thanks again, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection
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