Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:37:22 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Cc: danfe@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X Can't "see" my docked monitor - and the winner is? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.0.99999.0711170235560.1044@ync.qbhto.arg> 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, 6 Nov 2007, 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). Finally had a chance to test the next part of this, and it turns out that the problem is with the new nvidia driver. If I roll back to 100.14.11 then all is well. Doug
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