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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?
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?
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).
Last edited by billymayday; 11-13-2008 at 01:41 PM.
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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