It couldn't be a dodgy cable, could it? Mark On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 at 07:57, Oliver Elphick <o...@lfix.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 2016-03-21 at 17:27 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > > Oliver Elphick composed on 2016-03-21 21:01 (UTC): > > > > > > > > I have two monitors; the second one sometimes comes to life but is > > > usually blank. However, the system thinks that it is active and > > > displaying. > > > > > Which Debian? > > MATE testing > > # cat /etc/debian_version > stretch/sid > > (up to date) > > > What gfxchip powers your displays? > > Card: Nvidia > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [NVS 300] > (rev a2) > > (I hope that is an answer!) > > > Maybe you hit a known bug, such as: > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94171 > > It is not the same chipset as reported in that bug, and I don't know > what I'm doing well enough to play with randr at the moment. > > > Show us Xorg.0.log and .xsession-errors and maybe we can help. > > .xsession-errors does not exist, so far as I can see. As far as the > system is concerned, it doesn't think that there is any error. > > Xorg.0.log attached. Both monitors are recognised. > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > > -- > Oliver Elphick > Lincolnshire, England >
