At Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:02:13 +0200 Matthias Krebs <matthias.kr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag 24 Juni 2010, 01:14:44 schrieb Allan Gottlieb: >> Laptop: dell E6510 >> Gentoo: ~amd64 >> Graphics: nvidia VVS 3100M >> >> I am unable to drive the VGA output. Symptoms include >> >> * Executing "xrandr" does not mention LVDS or VGA >> (and using --output VGA gives a warning that VGA doesn't exist) > try with default like : > xrandr --output default --mode 1280x1024 This works and permits me to change the resolution of the display. > xrandr without options show the available resolutions, second line shows the > output names, like "DVI-0 connected" or "default connected". on my one box > with the nvidia driver i have "default connected" Right. I just have "default connected" as well. Do you know how to enable DVI-0 connected? Your msg encourages me to search documentation about the nvidia driver. thanks, allan