[GRLUG] Linux and multiple monitors

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 09:21:29AM -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> 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 wanted to give nouveau a try but it looks like the project does not
[yet?] support my GTX460M.  Bleh.  The proprietary drivers work for me
and it looks like I'll be using them for the life of this laptop.

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