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Dual monitor won't work - Video card is Nvidia Quadro FX 540
Hi all,
I am having issues with my dual monitor setup with Kubuntu. I just completed a dual-boot system with XP Pro and Kubuntu (thanks to all the contriboters, especially devils_casper). The video card is NVIDIA QUADRA FX 540 with a dual monitor setup (single desktop) with XP Pro, and it works fine.
When I try to boot into Kubuntu, my main monitor remains blank and the other monitor gives an error message (I can't remember what it is now, but I will restart as soon as possible and post it later). If I turn the second monitor off, the main monitor still does not work. The only way I can get a functional monitor is to unplug the video cable from the video card. That's how I am able to boot up Kubuntu.
I need help! I don't want to have to unplug/replug a monitor whenever I switch OS's. I shouldn't have to, right?!
The xorg.conf file contents are pasted below:
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
In case anyone would like to help me with this, but needs my computer specs, I will post it in a brief manner. If you need more detail, just let me know.
Dell Precision 670 workstation
Dual Processors, 2.8 GHz Intel Xeon (hypertheading on)
4Gb Memory
SATA0 drive (Ubuntu)
SATA1 drive (XP Pro)
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 Graphics Card
Dual monitor - both are Dell 1905FP monitors (one digital in, one analog in); this is just the nature of the video card outs
if you install the proprietary nvidia driver they have a GUI for configuring dual monitor setup thats much easier to use than manually editing the xorg.conf file. you can get it on nvidia website. also you need to use this driver if you want hardware opengl support anyway.
if you install the proprietary nvidia driver they have a GUI for configuring dual monitor setup thats much easier to use than manually editing the xorg.conf file. you can get it on nvidia website. also you need to use this driver if you want hardware opengl support anyway.
coopstah13. thanks for the suggestion. I am such a newbie that i don't even know how to install the nvidia driver that i downloaded. I logged in su, as root, tried to runlevel 3 (to disable X server), tried ctrl+alt+f3, etc. no success. kept telling me I was still running x server. so, no luck with the proprietary nvidia driver.
However, I was successful in setting up the dual monitor another way. I ran into a tool which apparently can run a program to change NVIDIA VC settings. This was a new tool that was included with Ubuntu 7.10, in response to Fedora's success with a dual-monitor configuration. Now, I am happy with my dual-monitor setup. And best of all, it already came with Ubuntu 7.10, so no new updates, drivers, or apps!
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