Video Issues Compaq V6000

[RobMcNeil]

Im running a Compaq V6000 with Debian Etch installed, just getting it up and running and im having a problem with video i just can't figure out.

firstly, this is the only VGA card listed, and nothing else to do with video after:

crappy:/etc/X11# lspci|grep VGA
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)

Second is my xorg.conf section for video adapter:

Section "Device"
  Identifier "Nvidia GeForce"
  Driver     "nvidia"
  Option    "NoLogo"
  Option    "AddARGBGLXVisuals"   "on"
  Option    "RenderAccel"   "true"
  Option    "AllowGLXWithComposite"   "true"
  Option    "AIGLX"   "on"
  BusID "PCI:0:5:0"
EndSection

Problem is, video will not work with attached LCD device!
after some trial and error (mostly error) i attached a CRT to it and it allows video..i've tried setting up a twinview setup, no go there either

I'm absolutely stumped and have no idea as to what to try next.
ANY help with this would be excellent...anyone?

sorry for the long post

[bidi]

What's the error in /var/log/Xorg.0.log? When X starts it records everything in that file, you just need to figure out where the problem is since this file is huge! Besides that, if you need help we need more info, like what is the problem, which would be in Xorg.0.log.

I guess my first question would be if the nvidia driver install was successful? Which I'm assuming it was...

[RobMcNeil]

yeah i figured it out, problem was the external VGA adapter was set as first display (weird huh?) i had to setup TwinView settings in xorg.conf to 'clone' the screens so they displayed the same thing.


cheap fix, but it worked!



btw. there was no error in xorg logfiles, since it wasn't really an 'error', since it was actually displaying something, just not in the right place due to the config