Linux - Nothing gets displayed on my second monitor; what is wrong?

Answer ID 194

Updated 02/25/2008 10:48 AM

Nothing gets displayed on my second monitor; what is wrong?

Monitors that do not support monitor detection using Display Data
Channel (DDC) protocols (this includes most older monitors) are not
detectable by your NVIDIA card. You need to explicitly tell the
NVIDIA X driver what you have connected using the "ConnectedMonitor"
option; e.g.:

Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, CRT"

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