In Ubuntu at least I believe the default driver is Nouveau. It was working great until I ripped the nVidia out in favor of an ATI (better open driver support, and the 5750 is far quieter than the 9500GS). It works great with the two mismatched monitors that I have connected, I am hoping to test a third this weekend.
FYI, at the last meeting, I just plugged my laptop into the projector, and Ubuntu auto detected it. It took a couple of clicks to make it work. No terminal or editing of a config file. On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 11:15 PM, Mel Walters <melwalt...@telus.net> wrote: > On Sat, 2011-04-23 at 20:07 -0600, Gustin Johnson wrote: > > Gustin, > What do you mean by default nvidia driver? Is it Nouveau? > Nouveau just works too, and they say plays nice with the user, but with > some hit in performance. > > Mel > >> If you are using the default nvidia driver, the Ubuntu monitors under >> System -> Preferences is where you want to be. The interface is point >> and click, if you connect an external panel it should show up here. >> >> If you are using the proprietary drivers (I feel sorry for you if you >> need this), nVidia provides a similar point and click interface >> (nvidia-settings or something like this). >> >> In both cases you can mirror the display or do a dual head display >> sort of thing. I just replaced an nVidia 9500 with an ATI 5770 at >> home. I have two displays and the ATI just worked. My experience is >> also the same on my laptop (with an Intel). The nVidia Settings >> program seemed to glitch out once in a while. >> >> As for the issues at CLUG meetings, I see the same with Windows >> laptops at the office. Vendor sales teams seem to constantly have >> issues plugging their laptops into the various projectors and SMART >> boards we have, so I am not sure this is something that is Linux >> specific. >> >> On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Rick Johnson <rick.j...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Saturday 23 April 2011 00:31:10 Craig McLean wrote: >> >> Does Linux (in particular Ubuntu 10.10, using the Nvidia X Server >> >> proprietary driver) allow you to easily configure an external display >> >> device. What I'm thinking of here is the scenario where you show up to do >> >> a presentation and just plug a projector or large LCD panel in to a laptop >> >> that is already turned on hit a display switch hot key and start >> >> presenting. I do this in Windows all the time but I've been to enough CLUG >> >> and Protospace presentations to know that on Linux this always turns into >> >> a mess of X-Server restarts and plenty of tweaking config settings. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Is there any way to make that just work? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Craig. >> > Connect the second display then open the nvidia x server settings app, >> > setup >> > the second display and save the new xorg.conf in /home/~. Then open a >> > terminal, su and cp the new xorg.conf to /etc/X11. The driver will now >> > automatically sort itself out whether the second display is connected or >> > not. >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
