Am I correct that you are not using the nVidia driver(s) from the nVidia repository? If not, perhaps I should uninstall mine. I do recall that I had some functionality after the original installation before downloading the nVidida drivers.
How was your 15-nvidia.conf file generated? Manually coded? I have studied the nVidia readme [url]http://it.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/319.17/README/index.html[/url], but have not found enough to help me code the file(s). Further, where is the 15-nvidia.conf file stored? /etc/x/11 or etc/x11/xorg.conf.d?
but i think it doesn’t matter if you use the latest driver or an older version.
i prefer installing it manually. so i can always use the latest driver. of course, i have to reinstall everytime i update the kernel and/or XOrg.
it was derived from my old xorg.conf. in the past i also used an xorg.conf, and the 15-nvidia.conf is nothing else than the device-section of the old xorg.conf.
it is not complicated to generate the 15-nvidia.conf.
it is simple a device section.
and you can place all commands referenced in the nvidia documentation for the nvidia device section.
if would start with this:
It is a very interesting topic as i am having the same case.
i am using the overman79 approach and trying to make it able to use HDMI, but no luck so far.
my question is, where did you get the information of 15-nvidia.conf from?
i am afraid no.
it seems you are using a notebook with nvidia optimus.
this is not very well supported under linux. :-(
i myself carefully searched for a notebook which DOES NOT use/contain nvidia optimus.
Sigh… i wished i knew it 6 month ago… :(
anyway… i’ve tried linux mint live CD… and it can use the HDMI. I dont think the live cd uses nvidia driver as i cant see any trace of nvidia in it.
does it means i still have a hope? pray hard :)
how can you tell that this NB use the optimus ? hmm… this is asus n56vz…
yes, selecting a new notebook for running under linux takes some time and research…
it took me quite some time to find the ASUS G750J… ;-)
most likely it uses the intel-gfx-chip, and mot likely the intel chip also has access to the HDMI output.
you can check this when analyzing the /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /etc/X11/xorg.conf (or /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d) files when booted with the live-cd.
if the live-cd is able to use HDMI, then you installed linux can do this also.
Ironically, much of the functionality appears to be available with the stock SuSE 13.1 install, without the nVidia driver installed. That is, I have one large continuous screen and can move items back and forth between the two monitors or have a window straddle the two displays.
I first configured dual monitors 10 years ago with 9.1 and then with successive releases, each time using the nVidia driver. I don’t understand what the nVidia driver will now provide over the current configuration in 13.1.
Although I installed the driver manually under 11.4, I note that openSuSE has a “one-click” option, as well as installation via Yast and Zypper. Do these work? Is one preferable over the others?
will i switch to ubuntu? i dont think so… i’ve been using suse since version 4 (before suse i tried red had, slackware and debian) and so far i have not found any distro that has a tool like yast.
anyway, i’ve no problem for dual monitors by using the vga port. and i can even use the hdmi (via intel card) if i willing to use linux mint.
hehehe… i think… i just too old to adopt other distros approach… so… i will fight this case as for my weekend case :)
chk if the HDMI output is wired to nvidia :
optirun nvidia-xconfig --query-gpu-info
the result when a tv connected to hdmi port will be different to if not conected. what does it means to me? i think… the HDMI is wired to nvidia
create the xorg.conf :
optirun nvidia-xconfig --enable-all-gpus
it will create the /etc/X11/xorg.conf
i edited it and add the BusID which i got from the result of number 1
i then renamed to xorg.conf.try (just to avoid any problem if i have to restart my notebook
test the Xorg config :
startx – -config org.conf.nvidia
voila… the output goes to the tv via hdmi … but… my notebook’s monitor goes dark and unusable…
hmmm… it was a good fight… i’ll continue fighting a bit more :)
i hope it will give a bit light to anyone in the same problem … have fun guys…
There were responses to my initial query by Mad Penguin - and now they have disappeared!
I was going to inquire and will now ask why the 32-bit nVidia driver doesn’t work on my machine. nVidia states that I am running a 64-bit configuration, and hardware info in Yast confirms that. But I installed the 32-bit version of openSuSE 13.1.
that is y i wonder… where the mad penguin gone? not only that… all of his posting also gone…
i wonder… y did install the 32 bit version while your HW is capable to use the 64 bit? is there any special reason?
On windows, I have 32-bit applications, so I have generally stayed with 32-bit OSs across all platforms. Also, I am about to launch a virtual machine on one of the pcs (host will be suse 13.1, guest will Windows XP). Since I will be running 32-bit applications on the virtual machine, I have decided stay with 32-bit.
As to the nVidia driver, it is not clear what it will buy me over my existing configuration. Under the principle of if it isn’t broken, I may not fix it for now. But I’m willing to be persuaded that I would benefit with an nVidia driver.