From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QzWeF-0002es-IP for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:31:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A474A21C148; Fri, 2 Sep 2011 16:31:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qw0-f48.google.com (mail-qw0-f48.google.com [209.85.216.48]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE54E21C042 for ; Fri, 2 Sep 2011 16:30:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwj9 with SMTP id 9so2239931qwj.21 for ; Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:30:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=c2mSffNIzHBFmC44hJ6HSvbCN41oeiXPw6L7U4xwVeg=; b=ugPKqYHJPti2jiG/5jt1vqY/Mayi54P7W/ee2ZsX3Qqeot+xV/rphNSrHCJ58+X6cc UvmIHdzxioJhNNdi5R3EUaUgSnDf6MtM8Yu/253BXD9+rU9aZdCtMbeZDe37HV9p3il2 ptwH/XsE4/lG6qwns1cEz6UH2S1sQVwZzRWhw= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.208.3 with SMTP id ga3mr933249qab.212.1314980515698; Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:21:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.80.145 with HTTP; Fri, 2 Sep 2011 09:21:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 09:21:55 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Problems with KDE & Flash after moving to dual adapter From: Mark Knecht To: Gentoo User Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 0d888afaededca372095ff6a7137674a Anyone? Thanks, Mark On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, > =C2=A0 I'm wondering what experience (and hopefully guidance) others can > provide to hopefully fix these new problems on my compute server. > Thanks in advance. > > =C2=A0 OK, yesterday I added a second NVidia adapter to my machine and > used nvidia-settings to create a new xorg.conf file. (Both new and old > are shown at the end) The new setup came up easily and I now have 3 > monitors. Here's the setup: > > GTX 465 port 0 -> GPU-0 + DFP-0 > GTX 465 port 1 -> GPU-0 + DFP-2 > > 8400GS port 0 -> GPU-1 + CRT-1 > > =C2=A0 To get this working I had to enable the xinerama use flag as well > as enable Xinerama in xorg.conf. > > Some simple tests of functionality: > > 1) glxgears is functional on all 3 displays but only draws actual > graphics on the two GTX465 monitors. It draws a black window on the > 8400GS. It is my understanding that this is expected. > > 2) Both Virtualbox and VMWare VM's work fine on all 3 monitors. If the > VMs are running Windows then Flash, Java & Silverlight seem to work > fine on any display. I can play NetFlix movies and run other Windows > apps from within the VMs without any major problems so far. > > Problems: > > 1) Adobe flash within Linux is not working at some websites, such as: > > http://www.jigsawdoku.com/ > > For this page the flash game area is just gray. Flash does however > seem to work on other sites like Adobe's web site so possibly this is > more an issue with that page but I've seen a couple of others so far > that do the same thing. > > > 2) Two KDE features that I like quite a lot are not working at all: > > a) F8 - display all desktops doesn't work. With the original 2 > monitors the feature worked fine. > > b) The upper left corner 'display all apps' feature is not working. > > =C2=A0 I've been Googling around without any luck in terms of finding > things to try in terms of fixing this, or even discovering that maybe > these things simply don't work with two adapters. Maybe there are some > accelerations or features I need to enable that nvidia-settings don't > do for me? I don't know. > > =C2=A0 Note that in the older 2 monitor configuration I was using Twinvie= w > which treats the two monitors as a single large monitor. > > =C2=A0 Thanks in advance for any ideas about how to get this working at i= ts best. > > Cheers, > Mark > > > [New 3 monitor xorg.conf] > > # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings > # nvidia-settings: =C2=A0version 275.09.07 > (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-03.nvidia.com) =C2=A0Wed Jun =C2=A0= 8 > 14:38:19 PDT 2011 > > Section "ServerLayout" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Identifier =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Layout0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Screen =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A00 =C2=A0"Screen0" 0 0 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Screen =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A01 =C2=A0"Screen1" RightOf "Screen= 0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Screen =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A02 =C2=A0"Screen2" RightOf "Screen= 1" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0InputDevice =C2=A0 =C2=A0"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0InputDevice =C2=A0 =C2=A0"Mouse0" "CorePointer" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Xinerama" "1" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0# generated from data in "/etc/conf.d/gpm" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Identifier =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Mouse0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Driver =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "mouse" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Protocol" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Device" "/dev/input/mice= " > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Emulate3Buttons" "no" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0# generated from default > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Identifier =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Keyboard0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Driver =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "kbd" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Identifier =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Monitor1" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0VendorName =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Unknown" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0ModelName =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"Samsung SyncMaster" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0HorizSync =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 30.0 - 75.0 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0VertRefresh =C2=A0 =C2=A0 56.0 - 61.0 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "DPMS" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Identifier =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Monitor0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0VendorName =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Unknown" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0ModelName =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"Samsung SyncMaster" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0HorizSync =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 30.0 - 75.0 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0VertRefresh =C2=A0 =C2=A0 56.0 - 61.0 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "DPMS" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Identifier =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Monitor2" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0VendorName =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Unknown" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0ModelName =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"Samsung SyncMaster" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0HorizSync =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 30.0 - 81.0 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0VertRefresh =C2=A0 =C2=A0 56.0 - 75.0 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "DPMS" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Identifier =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Device1" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Driver =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "nvidia" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0VendorName =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "NVIDIA Corporation" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0BoardName =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"GeForce GTX 465" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0BusID =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"PCI:2:0:0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Screen =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A01 > EndSection > > Section "Device" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Identifier =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Device0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Driver =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "nvidia" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0VendorName =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "NVIDIA Corporation" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0BoardName =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"GeForce GTX 465" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0BusID =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"PCI:2:0:0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Screen =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A00 > EndSection > > Section "Device" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Identifier =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Device2" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Driver =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "nvidia" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0VendorName =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "NVIDIA Corporation" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0BoardName =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"GeForce 8400GS" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0BusID =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"PCI:4:0:0" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Identifier =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Screen1" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Device =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Device1" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Monitor =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"Monitor1" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0DefaultDepth =C2=A0 =C2=A024 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "TwinView" "0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "metamodes" "DFP-2: 1920x= 1080 +0+0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0SubSection =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Display" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Depth =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 24 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Identifier =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Screen0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Device =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Device0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Monitor =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"Monitor0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0DefaultDepth =C2=A0 =C2=A024 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "TwinView" "0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1920x= 1080 +0+0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0SubSection =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Display" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Depth =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 24 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Identifier =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Screen2" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Device =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Device2" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Monitor =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"Monitor2" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0DefaultDepth =C2=A0 =C2=A024 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "TwinView" "0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "metamodes" "1280x1024 +0= +0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0SubSection =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Display" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Depth =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 24 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0EndSubSection > EndSection > > > > [Previous 2 monitor xorg.conf] > > # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig > # nvidia-xconfig: =C2=A0version 270.18 > (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-08.nvidia.com) =C2=A0Tue Jan 18 > 22:06:28 PST 2011 > > Section "ServerLayout" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Identifier =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Layout0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Screen =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A00 =C2=A0"Screen0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0InputDevice =C2=A0 =C2=A0"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0InputDevice =C2=A0 =C2=A0"Mouse0" "CorePointer" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0# generated from data in "/etc/conf.d/gpm" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Identifier =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Mouse0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Driver =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "mouse" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Protocol" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Device" "/dev/input/mice= " > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Emulate3Buttons" "no" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0# generated from default > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Identifier =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Keyboard0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Driver =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "kbd" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Identifier =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Monitor0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0VendorName =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Unknown" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0ModelName =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"Unknown" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0HorizSync =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 28.0 - 33.0 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0VertRefresh =C2=A0 =C2=A0 43.0 - 72.0 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "DPMS" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Identifier =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Device0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Driver =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "nvidia" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0VendorName =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "NVIDIA Corporation" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "TwinView" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "MetaModes" =C2=A0"1920x1= 080,1920x1080; 1920x1080" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Option =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "TwinViewOrientation" =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"RightOf" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Identifier =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Screen0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Device =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Device0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0Monitor =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0"Monitor0" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0DefaultDepth =C2=A0 =C2=A024 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0SubSection =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Display" > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Depth =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 24 > =C2=A0 =C2=A0EndSubSection > EndSection >