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    Nvidia 550 ti + Dual Monitor not Working

    Hello,

    I bought a new Nvidia card and since then I've had several problems with my Ubuntu integration. First, I had some problems because it was freezing after booting. I gave up and stopped using Ubuntu for a while. One day, my computer restarted directly to ubuntu and it was magically working (GREAT). Now, I am trying to use my two Acer monitors. As of now, one monitor is working fine and the second one (which is located to left) is totally white and the mouse pointer shows a black "X" instead of the common white arrow (I am including this ifnroamtion because I noticed other people have had similar problems), I can move my pointer to the "white" monitor, but I cannot move different windows to the second monitor (there is a sort of boundary that stop the window from moving to the second monitor). I dont know if this is a known issue but any help would be most appreciated.

    Attached is my xorg.conf file
    Thanks
    Code:
    # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
    # nvidia-settings:  version 295.33  (buildd@allspice)  Fri Mar 30 15:25:24 UTC 2012
    
    
    Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Layout0"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" RightOf "Screen1"
        Screen      1  "Screen1" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        Option         "Xinerama" "0"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Files"
    EndSection
    
    Section "InputDevice"
    
        # generated from default
        Identifier     "Mouse0"
        Driver         "mouse"
        Option         "Protocol" "auto"
        Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
        Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    EndSection
    
    Section "InputDevice"
    
        # generated from default
        Identifier     "Keyboard0"
        Driver         "kbd"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Monitor"
    
        # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
        Identifier     "Monitor0"
        VendorName     "Unknown"
        ModelName      "Acer V223W"
        HorizSync       30.0 - 83.0
        VertRefresh     56.0 - 76.0
        Option         "DPMS"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Monitor"
    
        # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
        Identifier     "Monitor1"
        VendorName     "Unknown"
        ModelName      "Acer S231HL"
        HorizSync       30.0 - 80.0
        VertRefresh     55.0 - 75.0
        Option         "DPMS"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Device"
        Identifier     "Device0"
        Driver         "nvidia"
        VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
        BoardName      "GeForce GTX 550 Ti"
        BusID          "PCI:7:0:0"
        Screen          0
    EndSection
    
    Section "Device"
        Identifier     "Device1"
        Driver         "nvidia"
        VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
        BoardName      "GeForce GTX 550 Ti"
        BusID          "PCI:7:0:0"
        Screen          1
    EndSection
    
    Section "Screen"
    
    # Removed Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1680x1050_60_1 +0+0; DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
        Identifier     "Screen0"
        Device         "Device0"
        Monitor        "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth    24
        Option         "TwinView" "0"
        Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
        Option         "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1680x1050_60_0 +0+0; DFP-0: 1680x1050_60_1 +0+0; DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
        SubSection     "Display"
            Depth       24
        EndSubSection
    EndSection
    
    Section "Screen"
        Identifier     "Screen1"
        Device         "Device1"
        Monitor        "Monitor1"
        DefaultDepth    24
        Option         "TwinView" "0"
        Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-2"
        Option         "metamodes" "DFP-2: 1920x1080 +0+0"
        SubSection     "Display"
            Depth       24
        EndSubSection
    EndSection
    I am also including the log after running xrandr
    Code:
    xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
    Screen 0: minimum 320 x 175, current 1680 x 1050, maximum 1680 x 1050
    default connected 1680x1050+0+0 0mm x 0mm
       1680x1050      50.0     51.0     52.0* 
       1600x1024      53.0  
       1440x900       54.0     55.0  
       1400x1050      56.0     57.0     58.0  
       1360x768       59.0     60.0  
       1280x1024      61.0     62.0     63.0  
       1280x960       64.0     65.0  
       1280x800       66.0  
       1152x864       67.0     68.0     69.0     70.0     71.0     72.0     73.0  
       1024x768       74.0     75.0     76.0     77.0     78.0     79.0  
       960x720        80.0     81.0  
       960x600        82.0  
       960x540        83.0  
       928x696        84.0     85.0  
       896x672        86.0     87.0  
       840x525        88.0     89.0     90.0     91.0     92.0  
       832x624        93.0  
       800x600        94.0     95.0     96.0     97.0     98.0     99.0    100.0    101.0    102.0    103.0  
       800x512       104.0  
       720x450       105.0  
       720x400       106.0  
       700x525       107.0    108.0    109.0    110.0  
       680x384       111.0    112.0  
       640x512       113.0    114.0    115.0  
       640x480       116.0    117.0    118.0    119.0    120.0    121.0    122.0    123.0  
       640x400       124.0  
       640x350       125.0  
       576x432       126.0    127.0    128.0    129.0    130.0    131.0    132.0  
       512x384       133.0    134.0    135.0    136.0    137.0  
       416x312       138.0  
       400x300       139.0    140.0    141.0    142.0    143.0  
       360x200       144.0  
       320x240       145.0    146.0    147.0    148.0  
       320x200       149.0  
       320x175       150.0
    PS: I tried to include a Shutter capture of my whole desktop but it only takes the one that is working fine.

    Thanks again...


    UPDATE
    I have made it work.
    I ran
    Code:
    sudo nvidia-settings
    and click on "Enable Xinerama"
    Both Monitors are working now, but in Unity 2d.

    Wow.... I really love Unity 3d.. does anyone know how to bring it back?

    Thanks
    Last edited by Races1986; May 25th, 2012 at 04:11 AM.

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