NVidia Settings fails to disable the second monitor
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Steps to reproduce:
1. Attach the second monitor using TwinView
2. Open NVidia XServer Settings
3. Set the second monitor to 'disabled' state and press apply
4. The second monitor is disabled, but your main monitor resolution is set to something like 500x500
Appeared after the latest update.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nvidia-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
.proc.driver.
.proc.driver.
.proc.driver.
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 304.43 Sun Aug 19 20:14:03 PDT 2012
GCC version: gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5)
.proc.driver.
Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console
on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver
requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console
drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in
corruption and stability problems, and is not supported.
.tmp.unity.
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,composite
CompositorRunning: compiz
Date: Thu Oct 25 18:31:54 2012
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: precise
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
nvidia-
vboxhost, 4.2.2: added
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GraphicsCard:
NVIDIA Corporation GF106 [Quadro 2000M] [10de:0dda] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:21cf]
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120423)
JockeyStatus:
kmod:nvidia_
xorg:nvidia_
xorg:nvidia_
xorg:nvidia_
MachineType: LENOVO 4284AM6
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
SourcePackage: nvidia-
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 12/06/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 8BET55WW (1.35 )
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: 4284AM6
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:
dmi.product.name: 4284AM6
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
version.
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.