When Linux is booting, do you see the bios, the kernel and the init sequence on both screens, and then when X loads the second display goes to sleep, or is the second screen always asleep?
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Peter Rundle <prun...@aerodonetix.com.au>wrote: > Hi Sluggers, > > I've just been given a Dell Precision 360 Box (too slow for windows > apparently) with an Nvidia card that supports Dual screen. A Quadro NVS 280 > SD, it says. > > I've installed Linux Mint 7 on it and configured it to twin screen (Two > Dell 1907FP LCDs). Everything worked as advertised from a software > perspective and the desktop appears to be stretched out to 2506x1024 and I > can drag windows off the screen as if they were going onto the second > screen. So alls great except, the second screen won't wake up. It says it's > in powersave mode. I've swapped the screens, cables etc and the problem > moves to the other screen. So the hardware seems to be just fine. Google > told me that if I disabled desktop effects it would fix it, and also > provided an alternate xorg.conf, but neither worked. > > Any cluesticks? > > Thanks > > Pete > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
