NVIDIA NVS 5200M triple monitor help

[jrob09BHS]

I can only get 2 monitors enabled at a time.
I have my laptop docked in a Dell E-Port II running Kubuntu 13.10
2 extra monitors attached via the docks display port and dvi port
I installed the latest stable NVIDIA drivers like this

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

I don't have an xorg.conf file in /etc/X11/

Any ideas?

[oshunluvr]

What laptop model and what's the output of xrandr -q

Can you display 3 monitors in Windows? It's entirely possible you won't be able to.

You might have an Intel chip driving the internal monitor and display port while an nvidia chip runs the DVI and HDMI. In that case, you should be able to run 3 monitors.

[jrob09BHS]

What laptop model and what's the output of xrandr -q

Can you display 3 monitors in Windows? It's entirely possible you won't be able to.

You might have an Intel chip driving the internal monitor and display port while an nvidia chip runs the DVI and HDMI. In that case, you should be able to run 3 monitors.

All 3 monitors work flawlessly under the same setup in win7. Nvidia settings report that all 3 are being ran off the nvidia gpu.

[oshunluvr]

Ok, then you should be able to do it in linux. xrandr output?

[jrob09BHS]

Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 3840 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
VGA-0 disconnected primary (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
LVDS-0 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 194mm
1920x1080 60.2*+ 40.1
DP-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1 connected 1920x1080+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 477mm x 268mm
1920x1080 60.0*+
1280x1024 75.0 60.0
1152x864 75.0
1024x768 75.0 60.0
800x600 75.0 60.3
640x480 75.0 59.9
HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-2 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
1920x1200 60.0 + 59.9
1920x1080 60.0 59.9 50.0 24.0 60.1 60.0 50.0
1600x1200 60.0
1280x1024 75.0 60.0
1280x720 60.0 59.9 50.0
1152x864 75.0
1024x768 75.0 60.0
800x600 75.0 60.3
720x576 50.0 50.1
720x480 59.9 60.1
640x480 75.0 59.9 59.9
DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

[oshunluvr]

Also, if your nvidia card supports 3 monitors, it should have three heads. What the output of lspci?

[oshunluvr]

So xrandr shows three connected - LVDS-0 (laptop internal), DP-1, DP-2 (externals). So you're just not getting a desktop on all three? What does your Multi-Monitor setup show in system settings?

[jrob09BHS]

Thanks your help so far. I'll have to get that information tomorrow when I get back.

[jrob09BHS]

Also, if your nvidia card supports 3 monitors, it should have three heads. What the output of lspci?

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev c4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev c4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev c4)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation QM77 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108GLM [NVS 5200M] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
0c:00.0 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Device 8221 (rev 05)

[jrob09BHS]

So xrandr shows three connected - LVDS-0 (laptop internal), DP-1, DP-2 (externals). So you're just not getting a desktop on all three? What does your Multi-Monitor setup show in system settings?

[oshunluvr]

Does the Multi-monitor allow you to turn on DP-2?

If not, try this:

xrandr --output DP-2 --mode 1920x1200 --right-of DP-1

[jrob09BHS]

Does the Multi-monitor allow you to turn on DP-2?

If not, try this:

xrandr --output DP-2 --mode 1920x1200 --right-of DP-1

It does not allow me to turn on DP-2.
The command seems to do nothing.

[oshunluvr]

When you say "do nothing" you mean no output at all?

Hmm, I'll guess I have to acquire a third monitor to test this.

The only thing I can think of that might work is to build an xorg.conf file and try that. You familiar with xorg.conf and how to construct one?

[jrob09BHS]

No output is shown at all.
If I just throw an xorg.conf file in /etc/X11/ will it read that?

[oshunluvr]

Yes. You'll need to create a basic one and then edit it to include all three monitors.

sudo nvidia-xconfig

should create one. Also,

sudo X -configure

will create a generic xorg.conf.new file for editing.