On 19/06/2015, Petter Adsen <pet...@synth.no> wrote: > On Fri, 19 Jun 2015 12:15:59 +0800 > Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I note also, that I used synaptic to remove all the nvidia stuff, from >> the Debian 7 installation, and I removed the bumblebee stuff from that >> installation, and reinstalled bumblebee on that installation, and the >> Debian 7 installation also still does not detect the external monitor. > > How do you determine that it doesn't detect the monitor? You can read > through /var/log/Xorg.0.log, but it's easier to just run "xrandr" (when > both screens are connected) and see what it detects. If "xrandr" is able > to detect both outputs it should just be a matter of configuration, if > not then that would suggest a problem with the driver. > > At least Wheezy is a lot more up to date than Squeeze, with newer > kernel and X. I'd say your odds of getting the second screen going > there would be a lot better than with Squeeze. > > Since it's working on your Ubuntu installation, can you determine which > version of the driver that has installed? The packages are usually > called "nvidia-xxx", then do "apt-cache policy nvidia-xxx" on the one > that is installed to see the exact version. Do the same for Wheezy. >
" -Ubuntu-12-04LTS:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-xxx N: Unable to locate package nvidia-xxx " >From Ubuntu 12.04, as I previously mentioned having thusly added the nvidia 331 drivers (Ubuntu 12.04 successfully detected and provided use of the external monitor, both before and after the installation of the nvidia drivers) >From System Settings -> Additional Drivers; " Proprietary drivers are being used... NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (version 331) NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver (post-release updates) (version 331-updates) " > Copies of Xorg.0.log (on both Wheezy and Ubuntu) would also be helpful, > just to see what your system detects, and how they differ. > " -Ubuntu-12-04LTS:~$ cat Xorg.0.log cat: Xorg.0.log: No such file or directory " -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cacx6j8m3wgh+qtrvzazg_gwzqbt2qvpxsetdjaenm+mu8pv...@mail.gmail.com
