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Re: Multi-display - one monitor active but blank

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It couldn't be a dodgy cable, could it?

Mark
On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 at 07:57, Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, 2016-03-21 at 17:27 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
> > Oliver Elphick composed on 2016-03-21 21:01 (UTC):
> >
> > >
> > > I have two monitors; the second one sometimes comes to life but is
> > > usually blank. However, the system thinks that it is active and
> > > displaying.
> > >
> > Which Debian?
>
> MATE testing
>
> # cat /etc/debian_version
> stretch/sid
>
> (up to date)
>
> > What gfxchip powers your displays?
>
> Card: Nvidia
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [NVS 300]
> (rev a2)
>
> (I hope that is an answer!)
>
> > Maybe you hit a known bug, such as:
> > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94171
>
> It is not the same chipset as reported in that bug, and I don't know
> what I'm doing well enough to play with randr at the moment.
>
> > Show us Xorg.0.log and .xsession-errors and maybe we can help.
>
> .xsession-errors does not exist, so far as I can see. As far as the
> system is concerned, it doesn't think that there is any error.
>
> Xorg.0.log attached. Both monitors are recognised.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>
>
> --
> Oliver Elphick
> Lincolnshire, England
>

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Multi-display - one monitor active but blank Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> - 2016-03-21 22:10 +0100
  Re: Multi-display - one monitor active but blank Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-03-21 22:30 +0100
    Re: Multi-display - one monitor active but blank Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-03-22 00:10 +0100
      Re: Multi-display - one monitor active but blank Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> - 2016-03-22 00:20 +0100
        Re: Multi-display - one monitor active but blank Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-22 11:20 +0100
          Re: Multi-display - one monitor active but blank Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-03-22 21:40 +0100
            Re: Multi-display - one monitor active but blank Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> - 2016-03-22 23:10 +0100
    Re: Multi-display - one monitor active but blank Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-03-22 02:00 +0100
      Re: Multi-display - one monitor active but blank Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> - 2016-03-22 10:50 +0100

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