Nvidia Drivers Broken Kubuntu

[Zerochilli]

I have just installed Fresh ubuntu 16.04 no encryption, Below is a pic of my Driver manager should I use the nvidia driver to enable my 2nd VGA monitor to work or wuold it break it.

Cause my 2nd VGA monitor isn't being detected and is just a black screen atm


http://i68.tinypic.com/2d8cgh.jpg

Help is appreciated.

Thanks

[RobGoss]

For future reference when posting images you can use the paper clip option using the advance tab to display your images

I would say yes use the first option and see if the proprietary work better

[Zerochilli]

Ok I have installed the Nvidia Driver and good news I am able to login.

Bad news is that my 2nd screen still is not being detected. Do you have any idea why it still wouldn't be there .

I am so close Thanks.

[RobGoss]

It might be a good idea to open a new thread for your dual monitor issue, it will get the attention needed to get things working. If this issue with the driver has been solved use the thread tool at the top of this post

[i2000s2]

@zerochilli, I like your good news! Let's diagnose it a little bit. The goal is to make your second monitor work, right? Try running

lspci -k | grep -EA2 'VGA|3D'
sudo lshw -C display

This will tell us if the drivers are installed correctly and which driver you are using.I can have a try to use NVidia driver. If you use NVidia, run the following in your terminal

dpkg -l nvidia-primecat /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Post your result here. It will be helpful for us to find your problem.