Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (255 mails)

[Petr Uzel <petr.uzel@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 02:01:22PM +0200, Petr Uzel wrote:
> Hi list!
>
> I spent some time trying to configure dualhead setup using RandR
> extension but without any success.
>
> I have two LCD displays connected to my
> 'nVidia Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM)]' card,
> one to DVI, the other to VGA.
>
> So I would expect xrandr -q to show these outputs, but it doesn't:
>
> > xrandr -q
> Screen 0: minimum 640 x 400, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024
> default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm
> 1280x1024      60.0*    75.0  
> 1280x960       60.0  
> 1152x864       75.0  
> 1024x768       75.0     70.0     60.0  
> 832x624        75.0  
> 800x600        75.0     72.0     60.0     56.0  
> 640x480        75.0     73.0     67.0     60.0  
> 720x400        70.0
>
> I use nv driver.
>
> RandR seems to work (at least somehow), bacause:
> # grep -i rand /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> (**) Option "RandR" "on"
> (**) RandR enabled
> (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
>
> and 
> issuing 'xrandr --output default --mode 800x600' command changes the
> resolution.
>
> I might be wrong, but I'm under impression that making both (VGA &
> DVI) outputs to appear in 'xrandr -q' output is essential do get
> dualhead working.
>
> Any idea what might be wrong or what am I doing wrong?

Oh, I forgot:

The display connected to DVI works just fine, the other shows some
'random image'.


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Best regards / s pozdravem

Petr Uzel, Packages maintainer
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