Ubuntu
nvidia-graphics-drivers package

  1. Bug #655078
  2. Comment #69

Comment 69 for bug 655078

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Bernhard Hohensinn (bernhard-hohensinn-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

@SeltiX and Jase,

I have the same problem since Lucid, my external monitor works out of the box but the laptop's display remains black. I use a Sony Vaio S11 laptop with a Nvidia Geforce 310m. I solved the problem in the following way:

1. I downloaded the 'softmccs.exe'-file, I think form the following URL: www.entechtaiwan.com/files/softMCCS.exe
2. With that program I made a custom 'EDID.bin'-file for the laptop's display in Windows.
3. I copied that file to /etc/X11.
4. Then, I customized the xorg.conf in /etc/X11, especially the following 2 lines are necessarily:
   Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-0,DFP-2"
    Option "CustomEDID" "DFP-0:/etc/X11/EDID.bin"

    DFP-0 is the laptop's display, DFP-2 is the external monitor.
5. The rest of the configuration of the xorg.conf, I made in the graphical interface for the nvidia-driver, especially the settings for
     the twin-view-mode.
6. I attach my xorg.conf as it works very good on my system.

I hope, this will help you to make your display work.

Bernhard