Quoting Chris Fisichella <ch...@communityrenewables.com>:
Quoting Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net>:
Do note that ATI is supported by KMS drivers (as are Intel and NVidia),
Hi Felix, All,
I went out and bought a NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS. It can support one
VGA display and one HDMI display. I have two HP displays each hooked
up to the appropriate port. When I boot into Windows, the display
control panel allows me to set each to 1600x1200 @ 60Hz.
I can't get it right on Debian. Here is what I tried
1. Run Xorg -configure by booting first into recovery mode.
..This command returned an error "Number of created screens does
not match number of detected devices. Configuration failed. When I
use this for /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/xorg.conf, Debian boots to two
very nice backgrounds. But that is all I get. No window manager.
2. Boot without any xorg.conf file. Both screens show a checkered
pattern. One screen has a nicely rendered login prompt, but I can't
type anything.
3. Edit the conf file to try a lower resolution, 1280x1024. It was
previously at 1600x1200. I just got a different checkered pattern.
I read the output from the Nouveau driver. It does not list NVIDIA NV98.
Is this the end of the road?
Any other advice? I don't know what else to try at this point. I
can't even get to an xterm. Booting in recovery mode helps. I can at
least get to a command line.
Thanks,
Chris
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All,
Please disregard that last email. I did not do #2 correctly. I moved
the files in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/*.conf
When I returned them and booted without any
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/xorg.conf file, The two displays came up nicely.
Thanks, Felix for helping me out. The card was cheap enough. Having
two monitors going is really nice.
Best,
Chris
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