[GRLUG] Linux and multiple monitors

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 09:18 -0400, John-Thomas Richards wrote: 
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 09:13:04AM -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 08:55 -0400, Brad DeVries wrote: 
> > > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Ben Rousch <brousch at gmail.com> wrote:

> > > It is definitely still an issue. I had projector detection
> > > fail last
> > Very much depends on the hardware.
> > >         night using the proprietary Nvidia drivers.
> > The proprietary drives *SUCK*.  Trying to do external / dual displays
> > was terrible.  It would work, then not, then work, then get dorked up,
> > then work again, ugh.  Sometimes clicking detect-displays a dozen times
> > worked.
> That's strange.  I've used my laptop with external monitors/projectors
> regularly for over a year and have had no trouble with the nVidia
> drivers.  None.

I suppose even the vintage of the nVidia hardware matters.  Their GPU
lineages are more befuddling than that of dark-age royal families. 

> > > I've actually had pretty good result recently.  I have a laptop with
> > > an Intel HD Graphics card and it's worked flawlessly with Ubuntu in
> > > these three configurations:
> > > 1) Just the laptop's display.
> > > 2) The laptop's display and a HD TV.
> > > 3) Two external monitors when the laptop is on its docking station.
> > > It's even remembered the layouts across multiple OS upgrades.
> > Yep,  same on openSUSE 12.1 / GNOME3 with Intell and Nouveau. 
> Is that without an xorg.conf?

Correct.  No xorg.conf on any of my hardware.

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