Switch between two (different) graphics cards

Hi all, I am on a fully-up-to-date Debian Sid. My system is i7-8700k and, till now I've been using the "internal" graphics card (served by i915 driver). Now I installed a new (external) Radeon graphics card. It is correctly seen by kernel: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel

Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

People in this thread might find interesting: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=801487 Regards Mauro Il 27/11/2015 09:39, Petter Adsen ha scritto: On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 18:08:51 +1300 Chris Bannister wrote: On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 06:54:34PM +,

Re: Debian seems unable to drive my (4) monitors

Il 26/11/2015 02:07, Felix Miata ha scritto: Ric Moore composed on 2015-11-25 19:31 (UTC-0500): as the only other way to achieve what you want is xrandr. I tried to use/configure it once and got a headache for my trouble. If Mauro wants to try xrandr as a workaround until the root problem

Re: Debian seems unable to drive my (4) monitors

Il 25/11/2015 23:07, Catalin Soare ha scritto: On Nov 25, 2015 11:54 PM, "Mauro Condarelli" <mc5...@mclink.it <mailto:mc5...@mclink.it>> wrote: > > > Il 25/11/2015 22:23, Catalin Soare ha scritto: >> >> Hello there, >> >> Maybe it

Re: Debian seems unable to drive my (4) monitors

Il 25/11/2015 22:35, Ric Moore ha scritto: On 11/25/2015 03:14 PM, Mauro Condarelli wrote: Pretty Please, tell me this isn't true: The only sensible answer I got from debian list boils down to: "use proprietary driver". This is truly sad, especially since I *know* Linux M

Re: Debian seems unable to drive my (4) monitors

Il 25/11/2015 22:35, Ric Moore ha scritto: On 11/25/2015 03:14 PM, Mauro Condarelli wrote: Pretty Please, tell me this isn't true: The only sensible answer I got from debian list boils down to: "use proprietary driver". This is truly sad, especially since I *know* Linux M

Re: Debian seems unable to drive my (4) monitors

Il 25/11/2015 23:56, Lisi Reisz ha scritto: On Wednesday 25 November 2015 21:12:03 Mauro Condarelli wrote: Il 25/11/2015 21:28, Lisi Reisz ha scritto: On Wednesday 25 November 2015 20:14:04 Mauro Condarelli wrote: Pretty Please, tell me this isn't true: The only sensible answer I got from

Re: Debian seems unable to drive my (4) monitors

of-the-box with *no* configuration at all. A desolate Mauro Il 23/11/2015 14:40, Ric Moore ha scritto: On 11/22/2015 10:44 AM, Mauro Condarelli wrote: Thanks Ric, care to share details on how You managed such a marvel? How did You disable the internal (intel) "video card" (actually inside the CPU chip)? F

Re: Debian seems unable to drive my (4) monitors

Il 25/11/2015 21:28, Lisi Reisz ha scritto: On Wednesday 25 November 2015 20:14:04 Mauro Condarelli wrote: Pretty Please, tell me this isn't true: The only sensible answer I got from debian list boils down to: "use proprietary driver". This is truly sad, especially since I *know*

Re: Debian seems unable to drive my (4) monitors

Il 25/11/2015 22:23, Catalin Soare ha scritto: Hello there, Maybe it is as you said earlier, an option in the kernel. Namely, the no multicard support you mentioned earlier, is it possible that was comming from the kernel itself or was it noveau? Thanks Catalin. Context of said error is:

Re: Debian seems unable to drive my (4) monitors

Il 23/11/2015 08:32, Dominique Dumont ha scritto: On Monday 23 November 2015 05:19:43 Mauro Condarelli wrote: In my case there was NO log to /var/log/xorg.0.log. Since xorg-server (2:1.17.3-1), Xorg log may end up in ~/.local/share/xorg/ Hope this helps

Re: Debian seems unable to drive my (4) monitors

/log/Xorg.#.log was generated. Apparently you have to request it explicitly in /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or equivalent). In my (current) case I had no configuration, so xorg server was "free to chose". Thanks in advance for any hint. Regards Mauro Il 23/11/2015 05:37, Felix Miata ha scrit

Re: Debian seems unable to drive my (4) monitors

Whoa! No need to make so much fuss about the way I sent logs: I sent them directly attaching them in Thunderbird and via paste.debian.net. In my case there was NO log to /var/log/xorg.0.log. Can someone suggest how can I understand what's wrong with debian install? ... or is the implicit answer

Re: Debian seems unable to drive my (4) monitors

Hi, comments below. Il 22/11/2015 14:09, Felix Miata ha scritto: Mauro Condarelli composed on 2015-11-22 13:24 (UTC+0100): I have been able to make them *both* work (using custom xorg.conf), but not *at the same time* (under debian) The working setup (linixmint) does not appear to use any

Re: Debian seems unable to drive my (4) monitors

ard Owlett wrote: On 11/22/2015 5:46 AM, Mauro Condarelli wrote: I have a setup with two video cards (intel HD Graphics 4600 + NVidia GeForce GTX 770) and four monitors (two for each card). I can see all monitors under Windows, but I can see (active, of course) only two under debian (on the sam

Re: Debian seems unable to drive my (4) monitors

) in case they give some hint. TiA MAuro Il 22/11/2015 13:03, Richard Owlett ha scritto: On 11/22/2015 5:46 AM, Mauro Condarelli wrote: I have a setup with two video cards (intel HD Graphics 4600 + NVidia GeForce GTX 770) and four monitors (two for each card). I can see all monitors under

Debian seems unable to drive my (4) monitors

I have a setup with two video cards (intel HD Graphics 4600 + NVidia GeForce GTX 770) and four monitors (two for each card). I can see all monitors under Windows, but I can see (active, of course) only two under debian (on the same card). I tried several configurations to no avail and finally I

Re:

Mom always said: "don't feed the Troll!" I should have listened to her... The truly ridikkulus(!) thing is ranting against "our" behavior he is doing the same exact thing, only with more force and arrogance. Pretty please to everyone: Let us stop feeding the Troll; he is really getting too

Re: The word 'should'.

Il 21/11/2015 14:40, John Hasler ha scritto: Renaud writes: No, because you are still trying to impose your own values on others. There is no attempt to impose anything. "You should do that" does not mean "You must do that or I will punish you". Do you find "You should recycle" offensive?

Re: The word 'should'.

Il 21/11/2015 18:15, moxalt ha scritto: On Sat, 21 Nov 2015 14:55:29 +0100, Mauro Condarelli <mc5...@mclink.it> wrote: Who's the "Taliban"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban I know, thanks. That was meant as a rhetoric question; alternately spelled as: "Who fits

Re: The word 'should'.

Il 21/11/2015 23:45, Lisi Reisz ha scritto: On Saturday 21 November 2015 17:36:46 Mauro Condarelli wrote: Unfortunately English is not my mother language, so my command of the language is lacking (so say the least), please bear with me. Which might limit your ability to comment on the finer

Re: Bad interaction between multihead display amd desktops in debian squeeze

gin*; gdm3 always displays on the intel monitors; after login the intel monitors go dark (but they have syncs). I can't be more precise at the moment because I'm on Win7. Il 02/11/2015 16:45, moxalt ha scritto: On Sun, 1 Nov 2015 21:25:45 +0100, Mauro Condarelli <mc5...@mclink.it> wrote: Hi,

Bad interaction between multihead display amd desktops in debian squeeze

Hi, I am struggling to make work my new Debian Squezze installation on my workhorse. Problem is X setup and its interaction with desktops. I have two VGAs: * intel embedded in my i7 CPU * external NVidia GTX770 Each of them drives 2 monitors for a grand total of 4. I managed to have partial

New PC, new install, new problems!

Hi All, I Jut bought a new PC (Aldi/Medion-8818). It runs fine with its preinstalled Windows Media Edition. I tried a couple of recent Linux live-CDs (Knoppix 5.0 latest Ubuntu, both debian-based) and both failed to fully recognize my hardware. Most notably the SATA disks were not seen. Before I

Re: New PC, new install, new problems!

== Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 10:36:39 -0300 From: Bluesman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: New PC, new install, new problems! == Hi Mauro, Please sorry for my English... I tried a couple of recent Linux

Re: strange shorewall error

== Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:42:08 -0400 From: Yaroslav Halchenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: strange shorewall error == Just saw your email on http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/03/msg02661.html did you figure

imap setup problems [Help, please]

Hi, I have a nice mail server on a static IP. It is based on the default exim4. It works. Now I want to access it via IMAP/web. Target is to access my mail repository (on the server) from the internal LAN via IMAP/Thunderbird (Linux or Win) and from remote via Web. So I installed uw-imapd and

screwed console [help, please]

Hi, I did something stupid and dumped a binary file to terminal. As a result my /dev/tty1 got completely screwed. I blindly typed reset and I got it back ... almost. Next command I typed it just quit the shell and I got the familiar Sif login: prompt. I can type in the user name but, as soon as I

Re: screwed console [help, please]

From: Martin A. Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mauro Condarelli wrote: Question is: How can I reset /dev/tty1 from another virtual console (other consoles work ok). I *know* I can fix it the Windows way (i.e.: rebooting), but I would like to do it cleanly, if possible (and learn something

Re: screwed console [help, please]

From: Mauro Condarelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Martin A. Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mauro Condarelli wrote: Question is: How can I reset /dev/tty1 from another virtual console (other consoles work ok). I *know* I can fix it the Windows way (i.e.: rebooting), but I would like

Accessing mail from remote

Hi, I use Mozilla to read my mail. I have full control of my MTA. I do receive mail either via smtp or via fetchmail. Mail is then moved from system mailbox to local folder by Mozilla Thunderbird. Mozilla Thunderbird uses mailbox formatted files. So far so good. The problem: I would like to

Re: screwed console [help, please]

Kent West wrote: Mauro Condarelli wrote: Question is: How can I reset /dev/tty1 from another virtual console (other consoles work ok). How about killing the getty process on tty1? It should restart automagically I believe. No way. It restarts, but the console

Printer woes

Hi, I just installed a printer on one of my debian machines (Epson Stylus Color 1520/cups/foomatic). It works locally. I need to use it from windows, so I followed the Debian and Windows Shared Printing mini-HOWTO. Problem is my XP client found the printer ok, but the Printers and Faxes panel

Re: Printer woes

OK, I'm answering to myself... Hi, I just installed a printer on one of my debian machines (Epson Stylus Color 1520/cups/foomatic). It works locally. I need to use it from windows, so I followed the Debian and Windows Shared Printing mini-HOWTO. Problem is my XP client found the

Centralized user management: what is best?

Hi, I have a small (8 hosts) lan with mixed Linux (debian) and winXP hosts. Up to now I managed the debian hosts manually (copying /etc/passwd, /erc/groups, ..., manually), but that is a real pain. I did recently suffer a severe breakdown so I reinstalled most of the machines. At this point I

Re: Shutdown due to thermal event (sid)

== Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:02:55 -0200 From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Shutdown due to thermal event (sid) == Use the attached lm85.c file instead of the one in the kernel.

Re: Shutdown due to thermal event (sid)

== Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 17:20:29 -0500 From: Hugo Vanwoerkom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Shutdown due to thermal event (sid) == But you said the shutdown was/is because of a BIOS thermal event. How do

Re: Shutdown due to thermal event (sid)

== Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 11:19:48 -0600 From: Hugo Vanwoerkom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Shutdown due to thermal event (sid) == Mauro Condarelli wrote: == Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005

Shutdown due to thermal event (sid)

Hi, It is now some time I get nightly shutdowns due to thermal event (so the Bios says). I'm pretty sure the processor did not break down and the machine is in general good health (I can run XP without problems). One strange thing is the breakdown happens in the night, shortly after 1 am. I'm

Re: Shutdown due to thermal event (sid)

== Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 18:02:46 +0100 (BST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mauro Condarelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Shutdown due to thermal event (sid) == I note that fan 4 has a max speed of 0RPM

Re: Shutdown due to thermal event (sid)

== Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 10:32:51 -0500 From: Hugo Vanwoerkom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Shutdown due to thermal event (sid) == Mauro Condarelli wrote: Hi, It is now some time I get nightly shutdowns

upgrade woes

Hi! I'm trying to upgrade from 1.1 to 1.3 I'm *sure* i saw a document specifying some manual operations needed before dselect, but i seem to be unable to find it any more. Can someone send me a pointer??? PLZ copy directly me, since i just subscribed to the list and i surely o not want the reply