nv and external monitor (hotplug?)

Rodd Clarkson rodd at clarkson.id.au
Tue Apr 15 03:44:47 UTC 2008


On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 13:02 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 11:18 -0400, Neal Becker wrote:
> > Adam Jackson wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 08:46 -0400, Neal Becker wrote:
> > >> I recall one goal of F9 was that hotplug was supposed to work for
> > >> detecting new displays?
> > >> 
> > >> I tried this with the last F9 live, with nvidia (nv driver).  Plugged in
> > >> TV to svga, but I see no evidence it was detected or could be used.
> > > 
> > > For nvidia cards, only G80 and later GPUs have working RANDR 1.2.  This
> > > includes the GeForce 8000 and 9000 series.  What model do you have?
> >
> > NVIDIA GPU GeForce 8600M GS (G86) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
> 
> That should be working then.  It won't light up magically just from
> plugging it in, but xrandr and the monitor resolution applet should be
> able to configure it.
> 
> - ajax

What about a nvidia GeForce Go 6800?

Is this just a limitation with the nv driver (ie, might it work with the
nvidia driver) or is this a limitation with the hardware?


R.

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