[xubuntu-users] plug-and play monitor loses configuration

[pereira]

HI Jordan,

thank you for the update, and the comment on 16.04. I'll try those,
hoping for the best.

It's as simple as 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade, correct? and tehn pray?

Nino


On 05/18/2016 06:17 PM, JMZ wrote:
> Hi Nino,
>
> There is a later driver upgrade for nvidia cards, nvidia-361, in the 
> repositories.  in terminal try:
>
> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install nvidia-361
>
> sudo reboot, and see if the new driver provides the resolution that 
> you'd like.
>
> ***
>
> Unlike other commenters in the thread,  I don't see why an upgrade to 
> 16.04 would be undesirable.  I'm running 16.04 on my system. I haven't 
> had any problems, save one broken dependency which later resolved 
> itself during an automatic update.  If you're confident with terminal 
> commands, you should be able to fix the odd broken dependency if one 
> even appears.
>
> Jordan
>
> On 05/18/2016 02:07 PM, pereira wrote:
>> Jordan,
>>
>> FYI I got a videocard specifically to support this system,
>> a GeForce GTX 960; the driver is  352.79.
>>
>> According to the specs, this card supports the monitor that
>> I can tell. I don't know the differences  between the drivers.
>>
>> Nino
>>
>>
>>
>> On 05/18/2016 10:22 AM, JMZ wrote:
>>> Hi Nino,
>>>
>>> which videocard are you using?  Is it an integrated video chip 
>>> system (ie. intel), or a video card in the video graphics slot?
>>>
>>> Maybe two scenarios are possible.
>>>
>>> 1) Perhaps your video card does not fully support display port at 
>>> that resolution.  In that case you will need a new video card 
>>> capable of this task.  If you are using an integrated graphics 
>>> system, now might be the time to get an external graphics card 
>>> suited to the setup you would like to have.
>>>
>>> 2) Perhaps your drivers are old, and not supportive of what you'd 
>>> like to do.  Certain drivers, like the nvidia series, are available 
>>> by repository and are frequently updated. Others might be available 
>>> by ppa (search sourceforge for a possible ppa).
>>>
>>> Good luck,
>>> Jordan
>>>
>>>
>>> On 05/17/2016 09:38 PM, pereira wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I got myself qn ASUS PB287Q 4 k monitor with 3840x2160 pixels, 
>>>> which I'm
>>>> using together with an older but still nice ACER X243W 1920x1200 
>>>> monitor.
>>>> The ASUS can connect through a displayport, which allows it to 
>>>> refresh at a
>>>> 60 Hz rate, and an HDMI port which allows only 30 Hz (apparently).
>>>>
>>>> The problem is: the connection through a displayport is plug-and-play
>>>> (I've been told), so that my computer Xubuntu 14.10) notices that 
>>>> something
>>>> is amiss, and it switches over to the remaining screen. Something 
>>>> similar
>>>> happens when I forget to log out: tihe system hits some timeout, the
>>>> monitor turns off, and the display goes to the smaller screen.
>>>>
>>>> I could decide to use the HDMI connection, but then the mouse 
>>>> crawls across
>>>> the screen with little jumps, a very irritating sight.
>>>>
>>>> I could perhaps connect through a second HDMI connection to speed 
>>>> things
>>>> up. But, what I'd wonder about is: can you turn off the 
>>>> plug-and-play thingie
>>>> so that things stay alive the way I like them?
>>>>
>>>> Any other suggestion for getting this monitor under control?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>> Nino
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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