My laptop starts up with incorrect screen settings

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2013/5/27 Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com>:
> On 05/27/2013 11:22 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
>>
>> My main PC is a laptop with a 17" 1280×800 screen. I also connected an
>> external 23" 1920×1080 screen.
>>
>> I run the ”recommended” nVidia driver (tried the Nouveau driver, but
>> it was slower than a snail that fell asleep during the race, and the
>> temperature ended up at ≈125 ℃) and /etc/X11/xorg.conf looks like
>> this:
>>
>> # File starts here
>>
>> ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
>> # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
>> # nvidia-settings:  version 304.88  (buildd at komainu)  Tue Apr  9
>> 12:17:43 UTC 2013
>>
>> Section "ServerLayout"
>>      Identifier     "Layout0"
>>      Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>>      InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>>      InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>>      Option         "Xinerama" "0"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Files"
>> 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      "Samsung SyncMaster"
>>      HorizSync       30.0 - 81.0
>>      VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
>>      Option         "DPMS"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Device"
>>      Identifier     "Device0"
>>      Driver         "nvidia"
>>      VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
>>      BoardName      "GeForce Go 7300"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Screen"
>>      Identifier     "Screen0"
>>      Device         "Device0"
>>      Monitor        "Monitor0"
>>      DefaultDepth    24
>>      Option         "Stereo" "0"
>>      Option         "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
>>      Option         "metamodes" "DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP-0:
>> nvidia-auto-select +320+1080"
>>      SubSection     "Display"
>>          Depth       24
>>      EndSubSection
>> EndSection
>> # File ends here
>>
>> –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
>>
>>
>> It looks to me that the file is correct. I want my internal screen
>> below the external one, and centered horisontally. The login screen
>> looks OK, I think, but after logging in, I only have my external
>> screen, the internal one is black.
>> I can open the nVidia settings dialogue and do the proper settings
>> there, and it works until next time I log in.
>
>
>
> Did you update your xorg.conf file after making the corrections?

Yes, every time. The text I provided is the result of ”cat
/etc/X11/xorg.conf” and it looks like it contains the settings that I
want.

The login screen seems to be correct, but after logging in, my
internal screen turns black.
Then I start the nVidia settings program, correct the settings, save
it to xorg.conf and everything works fine. Next time I start up thoug,
only the external screen works. Still the xorg.conf seems OK…

Maybe I should just erase the xorg.conf file, just to see what
happens. If the same thing happens, maybe the file is overridden
somehow? But I didn't try that yet.




Johnny Rosenberg

> Just maybe
> you are falling back to the same ole xorg.conf file when you restart? Under
> the Xserver Display Configuration tab, in the lower right corner is "Save to
> X Configuration File". Just select /etc/X11/xorg.conf and enter your passwd.
> Next time you restart, you should be good to go. You might try it with and
> without "twinview". I am assuming you are using one video card for two
> monitors? :) Ric
>
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