[GRLUG] Linux and multiple monitors

[Bob Kline]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Roberto Villarreal
<rvillarreal at mktec.com>wrote:

> On Tue June 19 2012 9:38:43 AM Ben Rousch wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Roberto Villarreal
> >
> > <rvillarreal at mktec.com> wrote:
> > > I think for every person with this experience, you're going to find
> > > another person with the exact opposite experience (me).  I've had
> > > exactly two issues with the proprietary driver: one, trying to get it
> > > work alongside both an ATI proprietary driver as well as a Matrox one
> > > (yes, I'm a glutton for punishment), and second finding out that you
> > > can't have two different nvidia modules loaded at the same time.  But
> > > neither of these are a typical user scenario...
> > >
> > > Now, if they provide a Triview/Quadview equivalent to their Twinview
> so I
> > > can stop using Xinerama, I'll turn from a supporter into a cheerleader!
> > >
> > >> nouveau has been very reliable for me on my last two laptops and my
> > >> workstation.
> > >
> > > And my new non-bleeding edge computer wouldn't even boot because of
> that
> > > module, not even into "recovery mode".  Had to disable it via altered
> > > grub command line to even boot into the system to replace it with the
> > > binary.
> > >
> > > It (nouveau) worked fine on my laptop, but is just quicker with the
> > > binary. Only issue is with the third or fourth hibernate without a
> > > reboot, then things can get wonky.
> >
> > Your comments emphasize the problem. Nvidia works well for some people
> > under some configurations, and is unreliable for others. This makes it
> > a real PITA to troubleshoot. If I wanted to fart around with different
> > drivers to get things working right I would use Windows 98. Nearly
> > every other piece of hardware on Linux just works. Nvidia does not
> > just work. That's why it gets the middle finger from Linus (and now
> > me).
>
> No disagreement there... I'm just happy to be on the greener side of the
> fence.  Up until maybe a year ago, whenever I did an upgrade and saw a
> kernel
> update come across, it was hold-your-breath time when doing a reboot.
>  Could
> be coicidence, but it seemed that once the DKMS stuff came along that
> everything "just worked".
>
> Just an aside, for the non cognoscenti,
Wikipedia has gotten to be a decent source
for computer topics, and Linux in particular:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Check out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Kernel_Module_Support

Especially opaque for those new to
a field is the acronym soup that used
to be so chic in military circles, where
if you couldn't speak in almost pure
acronyms, you probably weren't promotion
material.

Anyway, if you're ever stumped by a
blitz of acronyms, and are thinking WTF,
this might be a way to help keep you in
the game.  YMMV.  M2PG.

   -- Bob
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