Ubuntu 9.10 and iNvidia drivers for dual monitor
This morning i got a problem configuring my dual monitor on my ubuntu 9.10… after had enabled the propetary driver from invidia when i try to write the xorg.conf i got an error from the interface of that driver like : can’t parse the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
So i opened my shell and i do that on my risks .
1) backuped the original xorg.conf (that function well with a single monitor) lik :
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
2) i deleted the original xorg.conf
$ cd /etc/X11
$ sudo rm xorg.conf
3) i run the nvidia setting with sudo like :
$ sudo nvidia-settings
4) after this i saved the xorg.conf with the nvidia configuration tool :
5) before restart i checked if the xorg.conf exits and i watched what was happend :
$ more xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 1680 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "NEC LCD2170NX"
HorizSync 31.0 - 92.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 85.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "ACI ASUS VK221"
HorizSync 30.0 - 85.0
VertRefresh 55.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 9500 GT"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 9500 GT"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Device1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
and i restarded the system and all function well….
bst rgds
i