I finally took the time to upgrade my Ubuntu install to the recent
release 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal). This bug still occurs, and now seems
worse then ever. I have skipped (i.e. not tested) the releases 11.10 and
12.04, but I assume those two releases didn't bring any improvement
either.
In the past, I've set my builtin monitor (laptop) to a smaller
resolution (1680x1050). That way I could run the external monitor at
full resolution (1920x1080 full HD) even with nvidia-current driver.
Remember: both screens worked fine with full resolution with nvidia-173
(slower) as well as with nouveau (even more slow).
Under Quantal, nouveau cannot handle both screens at full resolution and
neither can any of the provided nvidia proprietary drivers. I tested all
available options: -current, -current-updates, -experimental-304, and
-experimental-310.
I think nouveau managed to run both screens in "mirror"/clone mode, but not
sure about the exact resolutions was using.
What's worse, I cannot set my laptop monitor to the smaller resolution like I
did in the past, since only "Off", "Auto", and "1920x1200" are shown in
nvidia-settings as well as in 'Display' system settings (that's using randr,
right?).
Both monitors run, when I set my external monitor to a smaller resolution
(currently 1680x1050), but that's not the native resolution and not the correct
aspect ratio (16:10 vs 16:9).
And if that was not bad enough, Xorg cannot even start when the external
monitor is plugged in. The screen will blink several times and then dump
to a black screen with a blinking white cursor. Switching to a VT,
unplugging the monitor and starting X (service lightdm start) will
finally bring Xorg back up. This is really annoying! (Please imagine a
turned on caps lock, to get an idea of my frustration).
The external monitor is connected with a VGA cable if that matters. I
cannot use DVI, because my laptop only offers VGA out.
Relevant details from Xorg.0.log after unsuccessfully trying to start X
during boot:
[ 97.253] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU Quadro FX 360M (G86GL) at PCI:1:0:0
(GPU-0)
[ 97.253] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
[ 97.253] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 60.86.68.00.18
[ 97.253] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
[ 97.253] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
[ 97.359] (--) NVIDIA(0): Valid display device(s) on Quadro FX 360M at
PCI:1:0:0
[ 97.359] (--) NVIDIA(0): QMX Q24 (CRT-0) (connected)
[ 97.359] (--) NVIDIA(0): TV-0
[ 97.359] (--) NVIDIA(0): Seiko/Epson (DFP-0) (connected)
[ 97.359] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-1
[ 97.359] (--) NVIDIA(0): QMX Q24 (CRT-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 97.359] (--) NVIDIA(0): TV-0: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 97.359] (--) NVIDIA(0): TV encoder: (null)
[ 97.359] (--) NVIDIA(0): Seiko/Epson (DFP-0): 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 97.359] (--) NVIDIA(0): Seiko/Epson (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link LVDS
[ 97.359] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-1: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 97.359] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-1: Internal Single Link TMDS
[ 97.359] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID
for display
[ 97.359] (**) NVIDIA(0): device QMX Q24 (CRT-0) (Using EDID frequencies
has been
[ 97.359] (**) NVIDIA(0): enabled on all display devices.)
[ 97.371] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID
for display
[ 97.371] (**) NVIDIA(0): device Seiko/Epson (DFP-0) (Using EDID
frequencies has
[ 97.371] (**) NVIDIA(0): been enabled on all display devices.)
[ 97.372] (==) NVIDIA(0):
[ 97.372] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode
"nvidia-auto-select"
[ 97.372] (==) NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode.
[ 97.372] (==) NVIDIA(0):
[ 97.373] (WW) NVIDIA(0): MetaMode
"DFP-0:nvidia-auto-select,CRT-0:nvidia-auto-select"
[ 97.373] (WW) NVIDIA(0): exceeds hardware capabilities; discarding.
[ 97.373] (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for
[ 97.373] (WW) NVIDIA(0):
"DFP-0:nvidia-auto-select,CRT-0:nvidia-auto-select";
[ 97.373] (WW) NVIDIA(0): removing.
[ 97.373] (WW) NVIDIA(0):
[ 97.373] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to validate any modes; falling back to the
default mode
[ 97.373] (WW) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select".
[ 97.373] (WW) NVIDIA(0):
[ 97.374] (WW) NVIDIA(0): MetaMode
"DFP-0:nvidia-auto-select,CRT-0:nvidia-auto-select"
[ 97.374] (WW) NVIDIA(0): exceeds hardware capabilities; discarding.
[ 97.374] (WW) NVIDIA(0): No valid modes for
[ 97.374] (WW) NVIDIA(0):
"DFP-0:nvidia-auto-select,CRT-0:nvidia-auto-select";
[ 97.374] (WW) NVIDIA(0): removing.
[ 97.374] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Unable to use default mode "nvidia-auto-select".
[ 98.397] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failing initialization of X screen 0
[ 99.071] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[ 99.071] (II) UnloadSubModule: "wfb"
[ 99.071] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fb"
[ 99.071] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
If you need more information about my system, please ask and I will
provide it. This bug has existed long enough and I really like to have a
working multi-monitor/dual-head setup.
** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
Status: Expired => Incomplete
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