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[Bug 1311399] Re: Ubuntu 14.04 forgets Display Settings from monitors.xml / xorg.conf (Dual-Screen Setup)

 

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1292398 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1292398

For me the best solution, was to delete all output information except of
the one i was setting in the ~/.config/monitors.xml

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Title:
  Ubuntu 14.04 forgets Display Settings from monitors.xml / xorg.conf
  (Dual-Screen Setup)

Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Steps to Reproduce:
  1. Install Ubuntu Gnome14.04 on a freshly formatted PC with 2 screens
  2. Using "Additional Drivers", install latest Nvidia driver (331)
  3. Modify screen settings (e.g. change position of 2 screens as depicted in attached Screens_good.gif)
  4. Turn secondary screen off and back on - OR - reboot
  5. Observe that screen settings have been reverted

  Actual Results:
  Ubuntu forgets the screen settings made in either NVidia-settings or Ubuntu's own "Displays" tool. The screen settings are reverted to the default (screen 2 to the right of screen 1) after reboot or when turning the second screen off and back on.

  Expected Results:
  Ubuntu should apply the user's defined screen settings when the second screen is turned on.

  Notes:
  The test PC has two devices connected to a GeForce GTX 680 (Gigabyte GV-N680OC-2GD) card:
  1. Samsung SyncMaster screen via DVI
  2. Yamaha RX-V 661 5.1 surround receiver via HDMI (recognized by Ubuntu as a second screen)
  Encountered in Ubuntu Gnome 14.04, 64 bit
  Encountered with NVidia drivers 331, 331 update and 304 (legacy)

  Reading Xorg.0.log, one can see that the user's desired settings are
  actually applied more than once (exerpts):

  [     5.252] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes:
  [     5.252] (II) NVIDIA(0):     "DVI-I-0:1920x1200_60+0+1080,HDMI-0:1920x1080_60i+1920+0"
  [     5.252] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1920 x 2280
  [     5.275] (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (93, 95); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
  [     5.275] (--) NVIDIA(0):     option
  [     5.275] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
  [     5.275] (II) NVIDIA: Using 3072.00 MB of virtual memory for indirect memory
  [     5.275] (II) NVIDIA:     access.
  [     5.281] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "DVI-I-0:1920x1200_60+0+1080,HDMI-0:1920x1080_60i+1920+0"

  At the very end, an unknown process takes over and reverts the
  previous desired settings to the undesired default (line 3):

  [     7.196] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-A237F4D5ECC0A2998042D3B58D9A7CE5E820BA0E.xkm
  [     7.208] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "NULL"
  [     7.270] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "DVI-I-0: nvidia-auto-select @1920x1200 +0+0 {ViewPortIn=1920x1200, ViewPortOut=1920x1200+0+0}"
  [     7.469] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-A237F4D5ECC0A2998042D3B58D9A7CE5E820BA0E.xkm
  [     7.474] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-A237F4D5ECC0A2998042D3B58D9A7CE5E820BA0E.xkm
  [     7.496] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (Samsung SyncMaster (CRT-0)) does not support NVIDIA
  [     7.496] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0):     3D Vision stereo.
  [    41.097] (II) XKB: reuse xkmfile /var/lib/xkb/server-A237F4D5ECC0A2998042D3B58D9A7CE5E820BA0E.xkm
  [   511.720] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (Samsung SyncMaster (CRT-0)) does not support NVIDIA

  Attachments: screenshots of desired screen settings (Screens_good.gif) and default screen settings (Screens.gif)
  This issue occurs regardless of whether the user makes the desired settings in Ubuntu's "Display" tool or NVidia-Settings.
  This issue persists even after specifically saving the desired settings to xorg.conf using NVidia-Settings.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
  .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
  .proc.driver.nvidia.version:
   NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  331.38  Wed Jan  8 19:32:30 PST 2014
   GCC version:  gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: None
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Tue Apr 22 18:14:34 2014
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: trusty
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus:
   bbswitch, 0.7, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed
   nvidia-331-updates, 331.38, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
  GraphicsCard:
   NVIDIA Corporation GK104 [GeForce GTX 680] [10de:1180] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device [1458:353c]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-20 (2 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2)
  MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=c651e8be-8145-4f89-9f68-919286e646bb ro quiet splash
  SourcePackage: xorg
  Symptom: display
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 05/20/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 080015
  dmi.board.name: JW-A870T-UC3
  dmi.board.vendor: JW Technology
  dmi.board.version: V1.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080015:bd05/20/2010:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnJWTechnology:rnJW-A870T-UC3:rvrV1.0:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
  dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  version.compiz: compiz N/A
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
  version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
  xserver.bootTime: Tue Apr 22 17:30:17 2014
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.errors: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.outputs:
   
  xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2

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