It's fixed. The installation doesn't make a correct xorg.conf. It needs to be done manually. None of the installations either 32 or 64 bit would work, either kubuntu, ubuntu, centos. Neither drivers from nvidia site or the default install through package manager would install properly.
This is mine after a long hard fight. Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyBoard" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" #Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "Xinerama" "0" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Samsung SyncMaster" HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" BoardName "GeForce 8800 GT" Option "NoLogo" "True" Option "SLI" "AFR" BusID "PCI:8:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" # Removed Option "metamodes" "1680x1050_60 +0+0;nvidia-auto-select +0+0" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Device0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 Option "TwinView" "0" Option "metamodes" "1680x1050_60 +0+0; nvidia-auto-select +0+0" SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection -- Dual nvidia cards not working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/305237 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs