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[Bug 366743] Re: Separate X screen blank in Jaunty (nvidia)

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From: Brian Kinnear <kbkinnear@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:23:50 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 366743 <366743@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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I have just struggled with a similar issue for the last several days:
Ubuntu 9.04 (AMD64) with NVidia drivers
I have a primary monitor in 1024x768 and a projector in 1920x1080 and prefer to run with separate x-screens. This worked fine in Ubunty 8.04, but with Ubuntu 9.04 the 2nd screen did not work properly.

After a bunch of messing around I finally realized that the problem is that there is no "screen1" directory in /.gconf/apps/compiz. There is a "screen0" directory there though. To fix the issue I did the following:
1) Installed CompizConfig Manager using "- sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager"
2) In the CompizConfig Settings Manager -> General Options -> Display Settings
	- Disabled "Detect Outputs"
	- Set Outputs to "1024x768+0+0"
3) In a terminal
	- cd .gconf/apps/compiz
	- mkdir screen1
	- cp -r screen0/* screen1
	- cd screen1/options
	- vi %gconf.xml  --> Modified resolution to "1920x1080" 
4) I rebooted and everything works fine (except the mouse still has that odd behavior)

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Separate X screen blank in Jaunty (nvidia)
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