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jus71n742 11-12-2008 02:17 PM
Multiple Desktops
 
I am using Ubuntu 8.04 and I have been looking for a way to get the other two monitors recognized by my video card(NVIDIA GeForece 9800 GTX+) I have the drivers but still can't get to the other monior
ANy idea's?

billymayday 11-12-2008 02:19 PM
What drivers do you have installed? If you have the nvidia drivers, are you running nvidia-setup?

jus71n742 11-12-2008 04:32 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by billymayday (Post 3339795)
What drivers do you have installed? If you have the nvidia drivers, are you running nvidia-setup?
177.8
and yes I am

jus71n742 11-13-2008 09:15 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by jus71n742 (Post 3339907)
177.8
and yes I am
I found a NVIDIA X server configuration tool and I have been looking at it and it is seeing the additional monitor and when I try to make it a separate monitor and save the setting it refuses to save the configuration saying that it could not remove old backup file. is there a way around this?

billymayday 11-13-2008 01:34 PM
You need to run the setup as root, so in your case, try running it f from a terminal using sudo (although I'm pretty sure there is another version of sudo you can use within gnome called gksudo).

jay73 11-13-2008 02:31 PM
sudo nvidia-settings

jus71n742 11-13-2008 09:46 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by jay73 (Post 3341016)
sudo nvidia-settings
That almost worked in a sense...then it took me to the settings page that I was talking about earlier
here is what it said
Code:
ERROR: Cannot open display 'napalm-desktop:0.0'.


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute DigitalVibrance specified on line 21 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute SyncToVBlank specified on line 22 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute AllowFlipping specified on line 23 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute LogAniso specified on line 24 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute FSAA specified on line 25 of configuration
      file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute TextureSharpen specified on line 26 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadow specified on line 27 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowXOffset specified on line 28 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowYOffset specified on line 29 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowAlpha specified on line 30 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowRed specified on line 31 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowGreen specified on line 32 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute CursorShadowBlue specified on line 33 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute FSAAAppControlled specified on line 34 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute LogAnisoAppControlled specified on line 35 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GPUScaling specified on line 36 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute FSAAAppEnhanced specified on line 37 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute RedBrightness specified on line 38 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GreenBrightness specified on line 39 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute BlueBrightness specified on line 40 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute RedContrast specified on line 41 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GreenContrast specified on line 42 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute BlueContrast specified on line 43 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute RedGamma specified on line 44 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute GreenGamma specified on line 45 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute BlueGamma specified on line 46 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute OpenGLImageSettings specified on line 47 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoTextureBrightness specified on line 48
      of configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoTextureContrast specified on line 49 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoTextureHue specified on line 50 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoTextureSaturation specified on line 51
      of configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoTextureSyncToVBlank specified on line
      52 of configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).


ERROR: Unable to assign attribute XVideoSyncToDisplay specified on line 53 of
      configuration file '/home/napalm/.nvidia-settings-rc' (no Display
      connection).
any suggestions on what to change in the settings app that it takes me to?

Code:
sudo nvidia-xconfig
which is what it told me to edit gives me this
Code:
Using X configuration file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf".
Backed up file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' as '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup'
New X configuration file written to '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'


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