From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 11 22:02:35 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C0AF16A419 for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:02:35 +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 E1F6F13C4A7 for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:02:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 11762 invoked by uid 399); 11 Nov 2007 22:01:57 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO lap.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTP; 11 Nov 2007 22:01:57 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:01:55 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton To: Anton Berezin In-Reply-To: <20071107085538.GA70315@heechee.tobez.org> Message-ID: References: <20071107085538.GA70315@heechee.tobez.org> 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: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X Can't "see" my docked monitor - xorg or nvidia? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:02:35 -0000 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