vikofle
August 20th, 2009, 11:06 PM
Hi all
I ve been following several threads here for months but none of them seem to be describimg exactly my problems - so I here go :
I run Ubuntu 9.04 64 Bit Desktop on AMD Athlon 64 X 2 with 2 G Ram and I have *2* Monitors connected to a NVIDIA 7300GT.
The system is setup with *TwinView* having used nvidia-settings. The driver is the latest nvidia (180).
The problem actually presents itself with 2 symptons
1.) I cannot access the virtual terminals CTRL+ALT+F1-6, by which I mean that I dont see anything there - however the vt's work. I can log in blindly an type 'ls -l > /tmp/test' switch back to vt7/X and access that file from there. I can switch between vts and X a small number of times before it wont let me do that again (cant get back to X)
2.) Shutting down or restarting doesn't work. Opening a gnome-terminal and running sudo shutdown -h now (or clicking the turn off button) quits X but freezes the system shortly afterwards and I am left no option but to turn off the pc the hard way. That is if I start the computer, log in to Gnome, and klick to turn off the pc before actually working (doing stuff for some time) then it does work.
I was able to determine that this problem occurs no matter which driver version I use (offered and tested: nvidia 180, 173,96). Furthermore, when disabling one monitor in nvidia settings it works (from next time onwards). Also when using seperate X with xinerama (then without compositing) it works.
I've tried several way all suggested in this forum. I ve disabled framebuffers, turned them on, installed fbset, loaded nvidiafb, etc.
none worked. I have even exchanged the card with a nvidia 7300 GS. nope.
I ve spent weeks on this problem before deciding to work with only one monitor for now.
Yet, I would love to have my second screen back. Any body has any new updates on this problem?
vikofle
I ve been following several threads here for months but none of them seem to be describimg exactly my problems - so I here go :
I run Ubuntu 9.04 64 Bit Desktop on AMD Athlon 64 X 2 with 2 G Ram and I have *2* Monitors connected to a NVIDIA 7300GT.
The system is setup with *TwinView* having used nvidia-settings. The driver is the latest nvidia (180).
The problem actually presents itself with 2 symptons
1.) I cannot access the virtual terminals CTRL+ALT+F1-6, by which I mean that I dont see anything there - however the vt's work. I can log in blindly an type 'ls -l > /tmp/test' switch back to vt7/X and access that file from there. I can switch between vts and X a small number of times before it wont let me do that again (cant get back to X)
2.) Shutting down or restarting doesn't work. Opening a gnome-terminal and running sudo shutdown -h now (or clicking the turn off button) quits X but freezes the system shortly afterwards and I am left no option but to turn off the pc the hard way. That is if I start the computer, log in to Gnome, and klick to turn off the pc before actually working (doing stuff for some time) then it does work.
I was able to determine that this problem occurs no matter which driver version I use (offered and tested: nvidia 180, 173,96). Furthermore, when disabling one monitor in nvidia settings it works (from next time onwards). Also when using seperate X with xinerama (then without compositing) it works.
I've tried several way all suggested in this forum. I ve disabled framebuffers, turned them on, installed fbset, loaded nvidiafb, etc.
none worked. I have even exchanged the card with a nvidia 7300 GS. nope.
I ve spent weeks on this problem before deciding to work with only one monitor for now.
Yet, I would love to have my second screen back. Any body has any new updates on this problem?
vikofle