xrandr shift after 302.17 not working.

[C-J]

Two monitor setup:
GPU 0 - Quadro FX 380
DFP-0 + DFP-1: HP LA2405
Dist: PCLOS
Kernel: 3.2.18

In xorg.conf (Screen section):

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "screen1"
    Device "device1"
    Monitor "monitor1"
    DefaultColorDepth 24
    
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 24
        Modes "1920x1200"
    EndSubsection

    Option "TwinView" "1"

    Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1920x1200_60 +0+0, DFP-1: 1920x1200_60 +1920+0; DFP-0: 1920x1200_60 +0+0, DFP-1: NULL;"
EndSection

I have two shortcuts set up in KDE4:
xrandr -s 1920x1200 - To shift to single (left) monitor display.
xrandr -s 3840x1200 - To shift to expanded display across the two monitors.

After the latest f/w upgrade, the command to expand across two monitors no longer works:

xrandr -s 3840x1200
Size 3840x1200 not found in available modes

This has been working well for some 5+ years, so I am unsure as to what the change is.


Any help is appreciated... I need the choice for dual display on command back!

Cheers!
CJ

[AaronP]

This came up in another thread: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show...85&postcount=8

You're supposed to be able to use xrandr -s to switch between MetaModes, but that doesn't work currently. Instead, it reconfigures the current MetaMode as if you had used RandR 1.2 requests.

In your case, you should be able to use RandR 1.2 to turn the second monitor on and off on the fly with "xrandr --output <whatever> --off" and "xrandr --output <whatever> --preferred --right-of <whatever>"

[C-J]

Originally Posted by AaronP

This came up in another thread: http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/show...85&postcount=8You're supposed to be able to use xrandr -s to switch between MetaModes, but that doesn't work currently. Instead, it reconfigures the current MetaMode as if you had used RandR 1.2 requests.

Your first statement appears to be contradicted by the fact that 'xrandr -s 1920x1200' works. I say 'appears' as maybe that's covered by your second sentence?

Originally Posted by AaronP

In your case, you should be able to use RandR 1.2 to turn the second monitor on and off on the fly with "xrandr --output <whatever> --off" and "xrandr --output <whatever> --preferred --right-of <whatever>"

Yup, worked a treat, so thank you for that!
The delay in switching between modes seems a wee bit longer than before (approx. 1.5 secs. vs. 0.5 secs before), but that is hardly an issue.


I found that I could also use:

nvidia-settings --assign 0/CurrentMetaMode="DFP-0: 1920x1200_60 +0+0, DFP-1: 1920x1200_60 +1920+0"

(... thanks to an answer you provided in a previous thread of mine.)


Since you say that my usual way of doing it is 1.1, and your solution (and my alternative CurrentMetaMode) is 1.2, can I safely assume that your 1.2 is the more 'correct' and future-proof method to use?
Or, in short: Which would you use?

Cheers!
CJ

[johnc]

Just out of curiosity... can you still do Ctrl-Alt-Numpad-Plus and Ctrl-Alt-Numpad-Minus to cycle through resolutions?

[C-J]

Originally Posted by johnc

Just out of curiosity... can you still do Ctrl-Alt-Numpad-Plus and Ctrl-Alt-Numpad-Minus to cycle through resolutions?

I am probably not the right person to ask: over many years, different hardware and several iterations of Linux, that combination has never worked for me; and still does not. Go figure...

Cheers!
CJ