Hi All,<br><br>Newbie to ubuntu and linux in general..:P<br>My desktop is as title and I've tried the two <br>most popular How-To's. They both didn't work for me.<br>The nVidia driver is succesfully installed, and <br>Below are my
xorg.conf after being edited according<br>to the How-To's: bolded part is my edit.<br>-----<br>Section "Files"<br> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"<br> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
<br> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"<br> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"<br> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"<br> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
<br> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"<br> # path to defoma fonts<br> FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Module"<br> Load "i2c"
<br> Load "bitmap"<br> Load "ddc"<br> Load "dri"<br> Load "extmod"<br> Load "freetype"<br> Load "glx"<br> Load "int10"
<br> Load "type1"<br> Load "vbe"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "InputDevice"<br> Identifier "Generic Keyboard"<br> Driver "kbd"<br> Option "CoreKeyboard"
<br> Option "XkbRules" "xorg"<br> Option "XkbModel" "pc104"<br> Option "XkbLayout" "us"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "InputDevice"
<br> Identifier "Configured Mouse"<br> Driver "mouse"<br> Option "CorePointer"<br> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"<br> Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
<br> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"<br> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "InputDevice"<br> Driver "wacom"
<br> Identifier "stylus"<br> Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to <br> # /dev/input/event<br> # for USB
<br> Option "Type" "stylus"<br> Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "InputDevice"<br> Driver "wacom"
<br> Identifier "eraser"<br> Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to <br> # /dev/input/event<br> # for USB
<br> Option "Type" "eraser"<br> Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "InputDevice"<br> Driver "wacom"
<br> Identifier "cursor"<br> Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to <br> # /dev/input/event<br> # for USB
<br> Option "Type" "cursor"<br> Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Device"<br> Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"
<br> Driver <span style="font-weight: bold;">"nvidia"</span><br> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"<br><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Option "TwinView" "True" </span><br style="font-weight: bold;">
<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf" </span><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Option "UseEdidFreqs" "True" </span>
<br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Option "Metamodes" "1280x1024,1280x1024; 1280x960,1280x960; 1152x864,1152x864; 1024x768,1024x768; 800x600,800x600; 1280x1024,NULL; 1024x768,NULL"
</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP, DFP"</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP"
</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Option "NoPowerConnectorCheck"</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "31-82"
</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "56-76"</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Option "NoTwinViewXineramaInfo"
</span><br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Monitor"<br> Identifier "DTECH9151"<br> Option "DPMS"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Screen"<br> Identifier "Default Screen"
<br> Device "NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"<br> Monitor "DTECH9151"<br> DefaultDepth 24<br> SubSection "Display"<br> <span style="font-weight: bold;"> Viewport 0 0
</span><br> Depth 1<br> Modes <span style="font-weight: bold;"> "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"</span><br> EndSubSection
<br> SubSection "Display"<br> <span style="font-weight: bold;"> Viewport 0 0</span><br> Depth 4<br> Modes <span style="font-weight: bold;">"1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
</span><br> EndSubSection<br> SubSection "Display"<br><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Viewport 0 0</span><br> Depth 8<br> Modes <span style="font-weight: bold;">"1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
</span><br> EndSubSection<br> SubSection "Display"<br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Viewport 0 0</span><br> Depth 15<br> Modes <span style="font-weight: bold;">"1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
</span><br> EndSubSection<br> SubSection "Display"<br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Viewport 0 0</span><br> Depth 16<br> Modes <span style="font-weight: bold;">"1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
</span><br> EndSubSection<br> SubSection "Display"<br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Viewport 0 0</span><br> Depth 24<br> Modes <span style="font-weight: bold;">"1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
</span><br> EndSubSection<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "ServerLayout"<br> Identifier "Default Layout"<br><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0</span><br>
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"<br> InputDevice "Configured Mouse"<br> InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"<br> InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
<br> InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"<br><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Option "Xinerama" "Off"</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">
Option "Clone" "Off"</span><br>EndSection<br><br>Section "DRI"<br> Mode 0666<br>EndSection<br>-----<br><br>And below is my xorg.conf backup<br>-----<br>Section "Files"<br>
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"<br> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"<br> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"<br> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
<br> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"<br> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"<br> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"<br> # path to defoma fonts<br> FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-
ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Module"<br> Load "i2c"<br> Load "bitmap"<br> Load "ddc"<br> Load "dri"<br> Load "extmod"
<br> Load "freetype"<br> Load "glx"<br> Load "int10"<br> Load "type1"<br> Load "vbe"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "InputDevice"<br>
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"<br> Driver "kbd"<br> Option "CoreKeyboard"<br> Option "XkbRules" "xorg"<br> Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
<br> Option "XkbLayout" "us"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "InputDevice"<br> Identifier "Configured Mouse"<br> Driver "mouse"<br> Option "CorePointer"
<br> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"<br> Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"<br> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"<br>
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "InputDevice"<br> Driver "wacom"<br> Identifier "stylus"<br> Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
<br> # /dev/input/event<br> # for USB<br> Option "Type" "stylus"<br> Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "InputDevice"<br> Driver "wacom"<br> Identifier "eraser"<br> Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to <br>
# /dev/input/event<br> # for USB<br> Option "Type" "eraser"<br> Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "InputDevice"<br> Driver "wacom"<br> Identifier "cursor"<br> Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to <br>
# /dev/input/event<br> # for USB<br> Option "Type" "cursor"<br> Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Device"<br> Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"<br> Driver "nv"<br> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Monitor"
<br> Identifier "DTECH9151"<br> Option "DPMS"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Screen"<br> Identifier "Default Screen"<br> Device "NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"
<br> Monitor "DTECH9151"<br> DefaultDepth 24<br> SubSection "Display"<br> Depth 1<br> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x640" "640x480"
<br> EndSubSection<br> SubSection "Display"<br> Depth 4<br> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x640" "640x480"
<br> EndSubSection<br> SubSection "Display"<br> Depth 8<br> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x640" "640x480"
<br> EndSubSection<br> SubSection "Display"<br> Depth 15<br> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x640" "640x480"
<br> EndSubSection<br> SubSection "Display"<br> Depth 16<br> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x640" "640x480"
<br> EndSubSection<br> SubSection "Display"<br> Depth 24<br> Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x640" "640x480"
<br> EndSubSection<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "ServerLayout"<br> Identifier "Default Layout"<br> Screen "Default Screen"<br> InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
<br> InputDevice "Configured Mouse"<br> InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"<br> InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"<br> InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "DRI"<br> Mode 0666<br>EndSection<br>-----<br><br>After reboot, the right screen is working properly with the nVidia logo visible.<br>But the left one is completely dark. The official weblink for the left one is
<br>here:<a href="http://www.lge.com/products/model/detail/l1917s_1_6.jhtml">http://www.lge.com/products/model/detail/l1917s_1_6.jhtml</a><br><br>I don't know if tuning resolution would help but the max reso I could get from the system preference is 1280x1024 instead of the double size said in the How-To's.
<br><br>I have tried almost everything on the net by even installed core for k7 but it still wouldn't work. Any idea is appreciated.<br><br>Beinan<br><br>