On 04/11/2013 11:02 AM, Richard C. Steffens wrote: > ------snip------- > > When I look at the XServer Display Configuration it shows the digital > screen is off. Normally it's on. The configuration is set to Twin View. > Normally that's set to Separate X Screen. > > When I click on the right hand monitor (in the tool) the resolution > shows as off. If I change that to 1680 x 1050 and click Apply, nothing > happens. This is what's making me think the card is failing, or at least > part of it has failed. > > Any recommendations? > > Assuming the card has failed, any recommendations on a better nVidia card? > > Thanks. > > BTW, I set the auto save feature of LibreOffice to 1 minute, and > recovered most of the work I was doing. > You would get either NO display or a garbled/distorted etc display if your card is failing. Since X comes up, the card is probably fine (unless you just lost the DVI port...). Sounds like you are the victim of a Ubuntu drive-by update. If using proprietary Nvidia drivers, this can be an issue. What can happen is that the Nvidia kernel driver doesn't load (depends on kernel version) so Ubuntu switched to nouveau and your monitor autodetection is all screwy.
I would update the Nvidia driver, reboot, then reset the settings. Using the Nvidia X server Settings tool, "X Server Display Configuration" - "Advanced" button, see if you can set up the monitors like you had before (run it via sudo or as root). Then save the settings to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/xorg.conf Remember to pay attention to the following entries: Position Viewport Out Panning next select the monitors on at a time, and see which one is [x] make this the primary display for the X screen. I also recommend using Twinview over separate X screens as it makes setup easier. I use a 24" LCD 1920x1080 as primary and a 17" Dell Trinitron as a secondary via twinview. Autodetection tends to make things jump around so I built and saved a full features xorg.conf and now everything stays where I put 'em! -Ed _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
