Activity log for bug #343492

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2009-03-16 03:43:05 Arthur Peters bug added bug
2009-03-16 03:43:05 Arthur Peters bug added attachment 'nvidia-settings-rc' (nvidia-settings-rc that does not load properly.)
2009-03-16 03:44:42 Arthur Peters bug added attachment 'xorg.conf' (xorg.conf I am using. This is the default one for Jaunty)
2009-03-16 03:47:47 Arthur Peters description Binary package hint: nvidia-settings I have been trying to setup my computer to use nvidia twin view and I can configure it just fine using nvidia-setting by hand. However if I try to reload that configuration automatically (so I don't have to do it by hand every boot), I get an error message. $ nvidia-settings --load-config-only ERROR: The attribute 'XVideoSyncToDisplay' specified on line 53 of configuration file '/home/amp/.nvidia-settings-rc' cannot be assigned the value of DFP-0 (the currently enabled display devices are DFP-1 on magdalene:0.0). The problem seems to be that the secondary must be enabled for "nvidia-settings --load-config-only" to configure it. However when using the nvidia-setting GUI by hand I can simply select the disabled display and click configure and set it up. It seems that "nvidia-settings --load-config-only" should be able to do this automatically. It appears to me that there is information missing from .nvidia-settings-rc. Maybe nvidia-settings is failing to save some settings to the file. This is especially a problem because nvidia-settings is unable to generate a xorg.conf. So that there is no GUI way to configure twin view so that it will presist through a logout/login cycle. Attached are some config files that might be useful. Binary package hint: nvidia-settings I have been trying to setup my computer to use nvidia twin view and I can configure it just fine using nvidia-setting by hand. However if I try to reload that configuration automatically (so I don't have to do it by hand every boot), I get an error message. $ nvidia-settings --load-config-only ERROR: The attribute 'XVideoSyncToDisplay' specified on line 53 of configuration file '/home/amp/.nvidia-settings-rc' cannot be assigned the value of DFP-0 (the currently enabled display devices are DFP-1 on magdalene:0.0). The problem seems to be that the secondary must be enabled for "nvidia-settings --load-config-only" to configure it. However when using the nvidia-setting GUI by hand I can simply select the disabled display and click configure and set it up. It seems that "nvidia-settings --load-config-only" should be able to do this automatically. It appears to me that there is information missing from .nvidia-settings-rc. Maybe nvidia-settings is failing to save some settings to the file. This is also shown by the fact that if I configure my displays differently (to clone instead of be next to each other say) and then run "nvidia-settings --load-config-only" the command does not print an error but it also does not change the monitor layout. This is especially a problem because nvidia-settings is unable to generate a xorg.conf. So that there is no GUI way to configure twin view so that it will presist through a logout/login cycle. Attached are some config files that might be useful. PS: This is related to bug #108060