One other question would be know why the nvidia settings dialog is required to enable output, could be a bug in the nvidia drivers
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/879528 Title: Displays utility doesn't offer to use nvidia-settings with proprietary drivers installed? Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “gnome-control-center” source package in Oneiric: New Bug description: On this system, the proprietary nvidia drivers are required for some features (like suspend/resume) to work correctly. On previous Ubuntu versions, opening the "Monitors" control panel detected the proprietary drivers and offered to use nvidia-settings instead of Displays. This is required, for instance, to be able to properly detect screens and enable the VGA, DisplayPort and HDMI video outputs which are completely ignored by g-c-c's Displays applet. However on 11.10, Displays doesn't have this behavior, so the user is left to figure out why DIsplays is so limited and unable to detect/enable external screens, and eventually to learn to use nvidia- settings from a command prompt. This is quite confusing for novice users. I'll attach some files with hardware information, this machine is primarily used for testing so please don't hesitate to let me know if I can provide more detailed info or run any necessary tests. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Oct 21 12:17:11 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) usr_lib_gnome-control-center: deja-dup 20.0-0ubuntu3 gnome-bluetooth 3.2.0-0ubuntu1 indicator-datetime 0.3.0-0ubuntu3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/879528/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
