From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 17 10:37:44 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 431B416A41B for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:37:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D4BDA13C45A for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:37:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 28117 invoked by uid 399); 17 Nov 2007 10:37:25 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO lap.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTP; 17 Nov 2007 10:37:25 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:37:22 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 0.99999 (BSF 796 2007-11-08) X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! X-OpenPGP-Key-ID: 0xD5B2F0FB Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: danfe@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X Can't "see" my docked monitor - and the winner is? X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:37:44 -0000 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