Comment 38 for bug 394006

Thank you sir! Unfortunately, this was a very long time ago and I don't even have that laptop any longer.

Only recently (within 2 weeks) has there been an AMD driver that allows my HP Pavillion system to run dual monitors with xinerama under 11.10.

I really hope Ubuntu solves the video issue soon. Nowadays many users are accustomed to using multiple monitors.

-----Original Message-----
From: <email address hidden> [mailto:<email address hidden>] On Behalf Of Timo Aaltonen
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 4:29 PM
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 394006] Re: external display not recognized

The reason why it doesn't automatically recognize it is that you're using the NVIDIA proprietary driver, which needs further configuration to enable dualhead.

** Package changed: xserver-xorg-video-nv (Ubuntu) => nvidia-graphics- drivers (Ubuntu)

** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

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Title:
  external display not recognized

Status in “nvidia-graphics-drivers” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  When I first installed Ubuntu about 6 weeks ago, I plugged in an
  external display and it was recognized and configured immediately.

  Now, perhaps because of an automatic update, my laptop will not
  recognize the display while running Ubuntu. (It does under Vista).

  I have a 64 bit HP Pavillion dv9500 with a NVidia graphics card.

  This feature is sorely missed.
  ---
  Architecture: amd64
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  DkmsStatus:
   nvidia-current, 195.36.24, 2.6.32-23-generic, x86_64: installed
   nvidia-current, 195.36.24, 2.6.32-22-generic, x86_64: installed
   nvidia-current, 195.36.24, 2.6.32-24-generic, x86_64: installed
  MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Pavilion dv9500 Notebook PC
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: xserver-xorg-video-nv 1:2.1.15-1ubuntu3
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=UUID=c4453dce-ae01-4035-9908-07dd9767c385 ro quiet splash
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.42-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
  Tags: lucid lucid
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
  Xrandr:
   Error: command ['xrandr', '--verbose'] failed with exit code 1: Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0.0".
   RandR extension missing
  dmi.bios.date: 11/25/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  dmi.bios.version: F.59
  dmi.board.name: 30CB
  dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
  dmi.board.version: 79.2E
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.59:bd11/25/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPPaviliondv9500NotebookPC:pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn30CB:rvr79.2E:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: HP Pavilion dv9500 Notebook PC
  dmi.product.version: Rev 1
  dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  system:
   distro: Ubuntu
   codename: lucid
   architecture: x86_64
   kernel: 2.6.32-24-generic

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