Public bug reported: Since I had a NVIDIA GeForce 2 I m using two or more screens with my PC. Some years ago I switched to Ubuntu and hoped the twinview problems will go away by time. But nothing happened and now I m reporting them as a bug. I user 2 graphics cards in my PC, a GeForce 8600GT and a 7600GT. The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4, the processor a AMD Athlon X2 5200+ EE. The 8600GT is the primary card on the upper PCIe slot. I m running Ubuntu Karmic Koala now.
It would be perfect to use all 3 screens together as one big screen with 3D support and windows maximize on the screen they are on. Ok this is not possible in Linux now, Twinview works only on one card and Xinerama doesnt have 3D support. So it would be also fine for me if the two screens on the first card work in twinview together and the 3. screen on the second card works as an own XServer. This is possible for long time now and I am happy about, but windows dont maximize like i want them to do if I activate all 3 screens. When I use my Twinview + 1 screen configuration, the primary screen settings will be ignored, the panels are on both screens and windows maximize over both. Also flash videos are on both screens. When I use Twinview on the first card alone, the windows maximazie like I want, but youtube/flash fullscreen videos open allways on the left screen. Fullscreen applications appear mostly on the left screen, anyway I set the right one as primary. When they appear on the right screen, I see only one half of the application. As I read in some threads I m not the only person with this problem, but I didnt find it here. I feel a bit despaired about this problem. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Nov 1 21:35:55 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:c30e Logitech, Inc. UltraX Keyboard (Y-BL49) Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04b8:010f Seiko Epson Corp. Perfection 1250 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c01e Logitech, Inc. MX518 Optical Mouse Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: nvidia-glx-185 185.18.36-0ubuntu9 ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic-pae root=UUID=7e99c4ca-b694-44e8-84c7-3e5e0c9bd0c7 ro quiet splash ProcEnviron: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic-pae RelatedPackageVersions: xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu7 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu4 libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu2 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1 SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic-pae i686 dmi.bios.date: 03/07/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc. dmi.bios.version: FG dmi.board.name: M57SLI-S4 dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrFG:bd03/07/2008:svn:pn:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnM57SLI-S4:rvrx.x:cvn:ct3:cvr: fglrx: Not loaded system: distro: Ubuntu architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-14-generic-pae ** Affects: nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 -- 3 Screens with 2 NVIDIA graphics cards and Ubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/469475 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp