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[SOLVED] Display Settings - Primary Output

Posted:
Apr 26th, '13, 01:58
by faldiin
Cheers,
Unsure if this is a bug but thought I would report. When I have 2 displays setup on my laptop (Laptop display + Second Monitor) I have selected to use my laptop as the primary display. When I reboot the laptop after updates, The system will display on the secondary monitor. I change the settings and save again. All works fine till I reboot. Issue happened with both without the Nvidia drivers and with them installed.
System setup
Mageia 3 RC
Asus Laptop with Nvidia 670.
HDMI Monitor as second connection.
Thank you
Faldiin
Re: Display Settings - Primary Output

Posted:
Apr 26th, '13, 17:33
by sander85
Are you using KDE or Gnome or something else?
Re: Display Settings - Primary Output

Posted:
Apr 28th, '13, 10:43
by doktor5000
If you're using nvidia-settings for the display configuration, you must run it as root, otherwise it cannot save to /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Re: Display Settings - Primary Output

Posted:
Apr 29th, '13, 05:14
by faldiin
Cheers,
I am using KDE. The Nvidia Panel does not install. I am going to Display Properties to complete this action. I might need to do that as root also. I am unsure how to do that thou. I know how to on Nvidia. I dont see where I can install that option thou.
Thank you
Faldiin
Re: Display Settings - Primary Output

Posted:
Apr 29th, '13, 22:23
by doktor5000
nvidia-settings comes with the Mageia nvidia driver packages:
[doktor5000@Mageia2 ~]$ rpm -qf $(which nvidia-settings)
x11-driver-video-nvidia-current-295.71-1.mga2.nonfree
Please show the output of
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rpm -qa | grep nvidia
and
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grep -i driver /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Re: Display Settings - Primary Output

Posted:
Apr 30th, '13, 04:37
by faldiin
Cheers,
First command is as follows
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[faldiin@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep nvidia
x11-driver-video-nvidia-current-310.44-1.mga3.nonfree
nvidia304-kernel-desktop-latest-304.88-8.mga3.nonfree
nvidia304-kernel-3.8.8-desktop-2.mga3-304.88-6.mga3.nonfree
nvidia173-kernel-3.8.10-desktop-1.mga3-173.14.37-9.mga3.nonfree
nvidia-current-kernel-3.8.8-desktop-3.mga3-310.44-7.mga3.nonfree
nvidia-visual-profiler-5.0.35-3.mga3.nonfree
nvidia304-kernel-3.8.8-desktop-3.mga3-304.88-7.mga3.nonfree
nvidia304-kernel-3.8.5-desktop-1.mga3-304.84-3.mga3.nonfree
nvidia-cuda-toolkit-5.0.35-3.mga3.nonfree
nvidia-current-kernel-3.8.8-desktop-2.mga3-310.44-6.mga3.nonfree
nvidia-nsight-5.0.35-3.mga3.nonfree
nvidia-current-kernel-3.8.10-desktop-1.mga3-310.44-8.mga3.nonfree
dkms-nvidia-current-310.44-1.mga3.nonfree
nvidia-current-kernel-desktop-latest-310.44-8.mga3.nonfree
nvidia-current-kernel-3.8.5-desktop-1.mga3-310.40-3.mga3.nonfree
nvidia-current-cuda-opencl-310.44-1.mga3.nonfree
nvidia173-kernel-3.8.8-desktop-3.mga3-173.14.37-8.mga3.nonfree
nvidia-current-doc-html-310.44-1.mga3.nonfree
nvidia173-kernel-desktop-latest-173.14.37-9.mga3.nonfree
nvidia173-kernel-3.8.5-desktop-1.mga3-173.14.37-2.mga3.nonfree
nvidia173-kernel-3.8.8-desktop-2.mga3-173.14.37-7.mga3.nonfree
nvidia304-kernel-3.8.10-desktop-1.mga3-304.88-8.mga3.nonfree
Second line is
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[faldiin@localhost ~]$ grep -i driver /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 9.922] X.Org Video Driver: 13.1
[ 9.922] X.Org XInput driver : 18.0
[ 9.926] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/v4l_drv.so
[ 9.926] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 13.1
[ 9.955] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 9.955] (II) v4l driver for Video4Linux
[ 9.955] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 310.44 Wed Mar 27 14:52:56 PDT 2013
[ 9.955] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[ 11.172] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: nvidia
[ 17.707] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[ 17.707] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 18.0
[ 17.707] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[ 17.742] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Video Bus'
[ 17.743] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 17.744] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Sleep Button'
[ 17.744] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 17.745] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 17.745] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 17.745] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 17.746] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'ASUS USB2.0 Webcam'
[ 17.746] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 17.747] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[ 17.747] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Asus WMI hotkeys'
[ 17.748] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[ 17.750] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[ 17.750] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 18.0
[ 17.750] (II) Using input driver 'synaptics' for 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad'
[faldiin@localhost ~]$
Faldiin
Re: Display Settings - Primary Output

Posted:
Apr 30th, '13, 22:09
by doktor5000
Then please try to start nvidia-settings from a terminal. Does that work? If not, please post the output here.
Re: Display Settings - Primary Output

Posted:
May 2nd, '13, 02:38
by faldiin
okay it is working now. I am guessing something I did along the way fixed it. I know how to save this as SU now. Thank you for the assistance.
Faldiin