[Nouveau] Nouveau not working on second monitor
Roy Spliet
seven at nimrod-online.com
Thu Feb 28 00:09:20 PST 2013
Your kernel log shows that nouveau isn't loaded. Instead, an old version
of the closed-source nVidia driver is brought up, possibly when X
starts. Get rid of it and make sure to remove nouveau from the blacklist.
Op 27-02-13 20:48, rv0987 at aol.com schreef:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem that my nouveau driver does not properly load every
> time I boot my laptop.
>
> It either:
> - defaults to the vesa driver (always if my power cord is plugged into
> the laptop
> - starts nouveau but without the external monitor
> - starts nouveau WITH the external monitor (as it should be)
>
> (starting without the monitor attached and then connecting it always
> fails & crashes X)
>
> How/where can i find any help for this?
>
> Details:
> - Ubuntu 12.10.
> - card: VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G86 [GeForce
> 8400M GT] (rev a1)
> - kernel 3.5.0-25-generic
> - X.Org X Server 1.13.0 Release Date: 2012-09-05
> - all nv & nvidia drivers are blacklisted
> - the problem has grown worse over the last 2 years
>
>
>
>
>
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