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[Damon L. Chesser]

On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:04:58 -0400
Brian Pitts <brian at polibyte.com> wrote:

> On 03/25/2010 11:34 PM, Rich Faulkner wrote:
> > Yeah...I could do that but that's not really the point.  I'm
> > ditching the Windows world for Linux and am starting at home.  I'm
> > getting ready to start Linux certs and recant from my MCSE way of
> > life.  
> > 
> > At one time I had tried hacking the randr entries but all that did
> > was get 1680x1050 listed in the drop-down for resolution selections
> > but was not recognized as a valid resolution on selection.  Very
> > curious...
> > 
> > Since I've gotten over that hump and found that a simple config file
> > will do the trick I'm looking elsewhere as the culprit that's
> > causing this video failure.  NV indicates it as an X issue and in
> > looking at the boot sequence I'm driven to suspect it as an X issue
> > as well.  But then again I am a noob to Ubuntu as having been away
> > from Unix/Linux for 10-years on any consistent basis.  Getting
> > ready to start on certs for Linux and turn from the "darkside".
> 
> My thought is that if you use the proprietary, binary-only nvidia
> driver you're throwing away all the work you did getting a working
> xorg.conf with the free, open source nv driver.
> 
> Whatever it is that you want to do with the nvidia graphics tools,
> perhaps there is another way of doing it that does not depend on
> proprietary software.
> 
> It might also be worth booting the Ubuntu 10.04 beta live cd, which
> replaces the nv driver with the noveau driver, to see how well it
> works.
> 
> http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/lucid/beta1
> 

IIRC the OP is trying to get dual monitors working.  

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Damon L. Chesser
damon at damtek.com