Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-11-21 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Thursday, 16 Nov 2017 at 08:45, Don Armstrong wrote: [...] > I *think* you should be able to use Reverse PRIME if you do the > following: > > xrandr --setprovideroutputsource 1 0; > > and then xrandr --query; should show the other source. Not sure what Reverse PRIME means but, in any case, yo

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-11-17 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Thursday, 16 Nov 2017 at 08:45, Don Armstrong wrote: [...] > I *think* you should be able to use Reverse PRIME if you do the > following: [+] > > xrandr --setprovideroutputsource 1 0; > > and then xrandr --query; should show the other source. I'll give this a try next week (travelling again u

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-11-16 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 15 Nov 2017, Eric S Fraga wrote: > I have done the above: removed xorg.conf and placed a copy of the log > file at: > > http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucecesf/tmp/xorglog.txt Perfect. > The output of xrandr is: > > $ xrandr --listproviders > Providers: number : 2 > Provider 0: id: 0xc3 cap: 0x7,

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-11-15 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Wednesday, 15 Nov 2017 at 05:15, Felix Miata wrote: > Eric S Fraga composed on 2017-11-03 14:22 (UTC): > >> I am trying to get a similar system configure with Debian testing/buster >> and not getting anywhere beyond having two monitors on a single card >> recognised. Hello Felix, thanks for y

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-11-15 Thread Felix Miata
Eric S Fraga composed on 2017-11-03 14:22 (UTC): > I am trying to get a similar system configure with Debian testing/buster > and not getting anywhere beyond having two monitors on a single card > recognised. Is this a first try (has this ever worked before trying with Buster)? > I have three m

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-11-15 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Tuesday, 14 Nov 2017 at 10:31, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Tue, 14 Nov 2017, Eric S Fraga wrote: >> On Friday, 3 Nov 2017 at 11:19, Don Armstrong wrote: >> > What happens if you run xrandr --output DVI-I-1-2 --auto; ? > >> >> $ xrandr --output DVI-I-1-2 --auto >> warning: output DVI-I-1-2 not fo

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-11-14 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 14 Nov 2017, Eric S Fraga wrote: > On Friday, 3 Nov 2017 at 11:19, Don Armstrong wrote: > > What happens if you run xrandr --output DVI-I-1-2 --auto; ? > > $ xrandr --output DVI-I-1-2 --auto > warning: output DVI-I-1-2 not found; ignoring This looks like xrandr isn't seeing the second ca

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-11-14 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Friday, 3 Nov 2017 at 11:19, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Fri, 03 Nov 2017, Eric S Fraga wrote: >> I am trying to get a similar system configure with Debian testing/buster >> and not getting anywhere beyond having two monitors on a single card > >> recognised. I have three monitors, two on first

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-11-03 Thread Don Armstrong
On Fri, 03 Nov 2017, Eric S Fraga wrote: > I am trying to get a similar system configure with Debian testing/buster > and not getting anywhere beyond having two monitors on a single card > recognised. I have three monitors, two on first card and 1 on second > card. Only the ones of the first card

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-11-03 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Sunday, 1 Jan 2017 at 22:03, jurek wrote: > How to use two graphics cards and two monitors on nouveau driver.I > have Nvidia gtx 650 ti boost and Nvidia gt 240 card. Did you get anywhere with this? I am trying to get a similar system configure with Debian testing/buster and not g

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-10 Thread Ric Moore
On 01/10/2017 11:19 AM, Teemu Likonen wrote: Dan Ritter [2017-01-10 10:56:21-05] wrote: If you are using open drivers, `xrandr` should be able to list the available outputs and modes and change between them. If you are using proprietary NVidia drivers, "nvidia-settings" should be able to work

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-10 Thread Teemu Likonen
Dan Ritter [2017-01-10 10:56:21-05] wrote: > If you are using open drivers, `xrandr` should be able to list the > available outputs and modes and change between them. > > If you are using proprietary NVidia drivers, "nvidia-settings" should > be able to work for you. xrandr should work nicely wit

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-10 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 12:43:02AM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > > So a generic graphics card circa 2009, with a nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX+ > chipset, with an old D-type connector, a DVI connector, and an HDMI > connector -- would you expect it to be able to drive more than one > display? Given t

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-10 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 10:43:10PM -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > Mark Fletcher composed on 2017-01-04 23:30 (UTC+0900): > > >I've seen several people say or imply this in the past. But I have an > >ignorant question I am almost too embarrassed to ask (almost). Most > >normal cards have only one conn

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-04 Thread Felix Miata
Mark Fletcher composed on 2017-01-04 23:30 (UTC+0900): I've seen several people say or imply this in the past. But I have an ignorant question I am almost too embarrassed to ask (almost). Most normal cards have only one connector of each type. AFAIK, those with only one standard connector, unles

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-04 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 09:37:00AM -0500, Ric Moore wrote: >> On 01/01/2017 04:03 PM, jurek wrote: >> >How to use two graphics cards and two monitors on nouveau driver.I have >> >Nvidia gtx 650 ti boost and Nvidi

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-04 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Jan 04, 2017 at 11:30:11PM +0900, Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 09:37:00AM -0500, Ric Moore wrote: > > On 01/01/2017 04:03 PM, jurek wrote: > > >How to use two graphics cards and two monitors on nouveau driver.I have > > >Nvidia gtx 650 ti b

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-04 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Tue, Jan 03, 2017 at 09:37:00AM -0500, Ric Moore wrote: > On 01/01/2017 04:03 PM, jurek wrote: > >How to use two graphics cards and two monitors on nouveau driver.I have > >Nvidia gtx 650 ti boost and Nvidia gt 240 card. > > > > I agree with the comment that you can

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-03 Thread Ric Moore
On 01/01/2017 04:03 PM, jurek wrote: How to use two graphics cards and two monitors on nouveau driver.I have Nvidia gtx 650 ti boost and Nvidia gt 240 card. I agree with the comment that you can use just one video card for two monitors. I run two IDENTICAL nvidia cards with 4 monitors, using

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-01 Thread Teemu Likonen
jurek [2017-01-01 22:03:57+01] wrote: > How to use two graphics cards and two monitors on nouveau driver.I have > Nvidia gtx 650 ti boost and Nvidia gt 240 card. See "xrandr" command's output. It may already show your display outputs. If so, then maybe something like: x

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-01 Thread Gary Dale
On 01/01/17 04:03 PM, jurek wrote: How to use two graphics cards and two monitors on nouveau driver.I have Nvidia gtx 650 ti boost and Nvidia gt 240 card. nouveau version : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1 amd64 X.Org X server -- Nouveau display driver lspci -v | grep NVIDIA 01:00.0

Re: two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-01 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2017-01-01 22:03 +0100, jurek wrote: > How to use two graphics cards and two monitors on nouveau driver.I > have Nvidia gtx 650 ti boost and Nvidia gt 240 card. I'm not quite sure why you use such a setup, a single card would be fine for two monitors. Anyway, please consult the N

two graphics cards and two monitors

2017-01-01 Thread jurek
How to use two graphics cards and two monitors on nouveau driver.I have Nvidia gtx 650 ti boost and Nvidia gt 240 card. nouveau version : xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.11-1 amd64 X.Org X server -- Nouveau display driver lspci -v | grep NVIDIA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA