telewizor
January 7th, 2013, 04:28 AM
Hi all,
I am trying to set up dual displays on xubuntu 12.10, using desktop computer with an additional video card. The main display is connected to an external card and works perfectly. The secondary display is the VGA monitor and is connected to an onboard VGA. I go to the 'Display' section and I have:
for the main display (which works fine):
http://i.imgur.com/4q3h0.png
for the secondary display (which does not work):
http://i.imgur.com/Kbj6l.png
When I tick 'use this output', xubuntu logs off, and it's impossible to log back. You can see this here as a movie:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0ggovzk37hjmwn9/VID_20130106_191146.mp4
To fix logging in issue, I am switching to the console, then editing displays.xml, to turn off the vga monitor.
I am changing:
<property name="VGA1" type="string" value="Monitor">
<property name="Active" type="bool" value="true"/>
to 'false'.
Then I can log in again. But still, only the primary display is in use. The secondary display (the VGA one) shows 'green' light on its activity led and seems to be recognized, but it's blank all the time.
Here are:
My displays.xml: http://pastebin.com/1u1aSryY
My xrandr output: http://pastebin.com/WSWqvW35
My Xorg.log - just for the 'tick' event: http://pastebin.com/q6tiqmy9
Hardware details:
motherboard: gigabyte z77x-d3h
pci-ex video card: gigabyte hd-7950
xubuntu 12.10
the non-working display is connected to motherboard vga output.
I will be very grateful for any help and advice. Thank you!
I am trying to set up dual displays on xubuntu 12.10, using desktop computer with an additional video card. The main display is connected to an external card and works perfectly. The secondary display is the VGA monitor and is connected to an onboard VGA. I go to the 'Display' section and I have:
for the main display (which works fine):
http://i.imgur.com/4q3h0.png
for the secondary display (which does not work):
http://i.imgur.com/Kbj6l.png
When I tick 'use this output', xubuntu logs off, and it's impossible to log back. You can see this here as a movie:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0ggovzk37hjmwn9/VID_20130106_191146.mp4
To fix logging in issue, I am switching to the console, then editing displays.xml, to turn off the vga monitor.
I am changing:
<property name="VGA1" type="string" value="Monitor">
<property name="Active" type="bool" value="true"/>
to 'false'.
Then I can log in again. But still, only the primary display is in use. The secondary display (the VGA one) shows 'green' light on its activity led and seems to be recognized, but it's blank all the time.
Here are:
My displays.xml: http://pastebin.com/1u1aSryY
My xrandr output: http://pastebin.com/WSWqvW35
My Xorg.log - just for the 'tick' event: http://pastebin.com/q6tiqmy9
Hardware details:
motherboard: gigabyte z77x-d3h
pci-ex video card: gigabyte hd-7950
xubuntu 12.10
the non-working display is connected to motherboard vga output.
I will be very grateful for any help and advice. Thank you!