[opensuse] Why does turning on projector ruin my desktop?
Hello, I have two monitors, and a projector, that I only use from time to time to watch a movie. I use OS 13.2, KDE 4.14.9, have an NVIDIA Card with nvidia drivers (I see in Yast that there are also two libdrm_nouvau2 things installed). Today I turned on the projector, and instead of "no signal" it immediately showed an empty kde background, while the second monitor was turned off. All the content of the second monitor was moved to the primary screen, including the task bar, that was placed below the actual one (so two taskbars above each other). All icons have been grouped in a grid and lost their position where I had them before. When I turned off the projector, the second screen turned on again, but its desktop was empty. I could not move the taskbar from one screen to the other, but had first to move one taskbar to another edge, delete the second one, move the first one back to it's place, add a new taskbar to the second screen, and adjust all it's settings... The icons on my first screen are yet to be ordered again by me.... Previously, to make the projector work, I had to open NVIDIA settings after turning it on, disable one of the monitors and enable the projector. Then the projector showed what previously was on the now disabled screen. In the end, I just did the reverse, and everything was as before. Perfect. Is it possible, that KDE now asks me a two hours work every time I want to see a movie, thus making it more or less impossible? Or can I get back the more intelligent, old behaviour somehow? Which screws do I have to turn and how? Thanks for hints! Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Barcelona http://www.daniel-bauer.com room in Barcelona: https://www.airbnb.es/rooms/2416137 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 10/23/2015 10:45 AM, Daniel Bauer wrote:
Previously, to make the projector work, I had to open NVIDIA settings after turning it on, disable one of the monitors and enable the projector.
Is it possible, that KDE now asks me a two hours work every time I want to see a movie, thus making it more or less impossible?
Sounds like a Nvidia thing to me. You told KDE there were two displays, but your Nvidia tools disabled one, (perhaps only briefly) when the projector was plugged in. KDE collapsed it all onto one display at that point. I would look in Nvidia controls for something that does not disable your second screen when the projector is plugged in. In System Settings (aka configure desktop), Hardware section, Display and Monitor, you can click any of the display devices in the top box, and see the settings in the bottom box. The settings include a Enable check box. Perhaps that became unchecked when that monitor device disappeared from the equipment supplied by Nvidia. -- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Am 23.10.2015 um 20:00 schrieb John Andersen:
On 10/23/2015 10:45 AM, Daniel Bauer wrote:
Previously, to make the projector work, I had to open NVIDIA settings after turning it on, disable one of the monitors and enable the projector.
Is it possible, that KDE now asks me a two hours work every time I want to see a movie, thus making it more or less impossible?
Sounds like a Nvidia thing to me.
You told KDE there were two displays, but your Nvidia tools disabled one, (perhaps only briefly) when the projector was plugged in. KDE collapsed it all onto one display at that point.
I would look in Nvidia controls for something that does not disable your second screen when the projector is plugged in.
I cannot find anything in the Nvidia controls in regard of actions when a new device is plugged. Right now, only the two monitors are shown (projector is turned off). Before, turning on the projector did/triggered nothing. It just appeared in the nvidia settings, but as inactive. When I activated it manually, it /replaced/ the monitor and had all the contents of that screen without changing anything. Now turning on the projector automagically turns off the second monitor with all the unwanted consequences (collaps all onto one display).
In System Settings (aka configure desktop), Hardware section, Display and Monitor, you can click any of the display devices in the top box, and see the settings in the bottom box. The settings include a Enable check box. Perhaps that became unchecked when that monitor device disappeared from the equipment supplied by Nvidia.
Right now both check boxes are checked. I changed nothing there. What can I do? -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Barcelona http://www.daniel-bauer.com room in Barcelona: https://www.airbnb.es/rooms/2416137 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 10/23/2015 11:31 AM, Daniel Bauer wrote:
Am 23.10.2015 um 20:00 schrieb John Andersen:
On 10/23/2015 10:45 AM, Daniel Bauer wrote:
Previously, to make the projector work, I had to open NVIDIA settings after turning it on, disable one of the monitors and enable the projector.
Is it possible, that KDE now asks me a two hours work every time I want to see a movie, thus making it more or less impossible?
Sounds like a Nvidia thing to me.
You told KDE there were two displays, but your Nvidia tools disabled one, (perhaps only briefly) when the projector was plugged in. KDE collapsed it all onto one display at that point.
I would look in Nvidia controls for something that does not disable your second screen when the projector is plugged in.
I cannot find anything in the Nvidia controls in regard of actions when a new device is plugged.
Right now, only the two monitors are shown (projector is turned off).
Before, turning on the projector did/triggered nothing. It just appeared in the nvidia settings, but as inactive. When I activated it manually, it /replaced/ the monitor and had all the contents of that screen without changing anything.
Now turning on the projector automagically turns off the second monitor with all the unwanted consequences (collaps all onto one display).
In System Settings (aka configure desktop), Hardware section, Display and Monitor, you can click any of the display devices in the top box, and see the settings in the bottom box. The settings include a Enable check box. Perhaps that became unchecked when that monitor device disappeared from the equipment supplied by Nvidia.
Right now both check boxes are checked. I changed nothing there.
What can I do?
Is there a way to set the projector to mirror the second display, rather than replace it? Has the latest Nvidia release included any change log items that might suggest a change in this behavior? Is it normal to have libdrm_nouvau2 things installed when the commercial driver is installed? (I have no Nvidia devices to check with). -- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 24/10/15 04:45, Daniel Bauer wrote:
Hello,
I have two monitors, and a projector, that I only use from time to time to watch a movie. I use OS 13.2, KDE 4.14.9, have an NVIDIA Card with nvidia drivers (I see in Yast that there are also two libdrm_nouvau2 things installed).
Today I turned on the projector, and instead of "no signal" it immediately showed an empty kde background, while the second monitor was turned off. All the content of the second monitor was moved to the primary screen, including the task bar, that was placed below the actual one (so two taskbars above each other). All icons have been grouped in a grid and lost their position where I had them before.
When I turned off the projector, the second screen turned on again, but its desktop was empty. I could not move the taskbar from one screen to the other, but had first to move one taskbar to another edge, delete the second one, move the first one back to it's place, add a new taskbar to the second screen, and adjust all it's settings...
The icons on my first screen are yet to be ordered again by me....
Previously, to make the projector work, I had to open NVIDIA settings after turning it on, disable one of the monitors and enable the projector. Then the projector showed what previously was on the now disabled screen. In the end, I just did the reverse, and everything was as before. Perfect.
Is it possible, that KDE now asks me a two hours work every time I want to see a movie, thus making it more or less impossible?
Or can I get back the more intelligent, old behaviour somehow? Which screws do I have to turn and how?
Thanks for hints!
Daniel
I have no answer nor do I use the same set-up as you have but I do have an observation. I have a nVidia card, GTX660, which I have had for about 3 years and I also have a digital TV card installed with which I watch everyday digital TV on my monitor. I have NO problems for all the years that I have been watching TV using my computer except that a few weeks ago after about 2 hours or so either the SOUND would disappear or the system (computer) would freeze - most annoying when it was just about at the end of a movie! If it was only the sound disappearing then closing down VLC and then restarting it to continue with the program would solve the problem but if the system froze then the only way out was to reboot the computer. I have no idea why this has suddenly arisen but I did read on one the opensuse lists (cannot remember which) that there is a problem in pulseaudio (but its maintainers challenge this) which is causing problems. BC -- Using openSUSE 13.2, KDE 4.14.9 & kernel 4.2.2-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX660 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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