Help with Dual Monitors

ktmbts

Hi,
I am working on getting Solus working for my Lenovo p300 with a Quadro 1000. I did a fresh install and had one monitor through HDMI, one through the Quadro. Everything seemed to be working. I installed the Nvidia drivers through DoFlicky and rebooted. Then only the monitor through the Quadro was visible. So I did some research and someone suggested rolling back and trying to install the drivers through the command line. So I did that, same result. Now I only have one monitor with Nvidia, two without Nvidia. Does anyone have any suggestions for how I could have two with Nvidia that doesn't involve a new cable?

Thanks!

brent

ktmbts I am working on getting Solus working for my Lenovo p300 with a Quadro 1000. I did a fresh install and had one monitor through HDMI, one through the Quadro. Everything seemed to be working. I installed the Nvidia drivers through DoFlicky and rebooted. Then only the monitor through the Quadro was visible.

, I wonder how flexible and how many variations (adapters) you could experiment with in switching up cables etc. Seems like a round peg/square hole. That even the rollback fixed nothing is interesting. if one types 'dual monitors' into search you might get some ideas 'cause there are a lot of posts. Seems some bit of hardware you have has a mind of its own.

ktmbts

Thanks Brent. I looked through the forum and tried a few suggestions, but nothing seemed to work. I can add different cables to the list of things to try

brent

ktmbts I looked through the forum and tried a few suggestions, but nothing seemed to work. I can add different cables to the list of things to try

I meant adapters (vga to hdmi for example) and different plug in ports for monitors just in case, not really cables. I will confess I did not know what s Quadra 1000 was til now: an nvidia card launched in 2017. I don't think it could be incompatible. See what Tracey says about the DE-specific info.

TraceyC

What desktop environment is this (Budgie, Plasma, etc). That will inform any support that can be provided.

ktmbts

TraceyC

Thanks, it is Budgie! I will open an issue on the bug tracker. I've not done that before, so I hope it is done correctly. Thanks for your help.

MonBureauLinux

Hi,

I have the same issue on a laptop Lenovo Legion 5 (cpu Ryzen and Nvidia card).
On the live iso no problem when a second screen was connected with HDMI.
I installed also the Nvidia driver with DoFlicky, so for my card "nvidia-common 560.35.03".

I found a solution to install CUDA and DaVinci Resolve, but for the screen I have no idea for this issue.

Here some screenshots (fastfetch nvidia-smi nvtop ...etc)

Any idea ?

TraceyC

Since the monitors are working for both people who have this problem with different drivers, there is not a hardware problem. Switching cables / adapters isn't necessary. This sounds like a problem with the nVidia drivers.

We need someone who is experiencing this problem to please open an issue on our bug tracker. By opening an issue, it will allow our developers to look into it and keep track of progress. Thanks.

TraceyC

ktmbts

Don't worry too much about making mistakes in an issue. A less than perfect bug report is better than none at all. If we need information, we'll ask. Thanks!