I have a Geforce 770 and I got a new monitor (connected w/ Display port) now I am unable to have a dual screen setup with separate X screens. I want the following configuration:
- Display port → primary display ( :0.0 )
- HDMI ( :0.1 )
Before I used DVI, this worked fine, but I am unable to replicate the setup using the monitor connected to the Displayport.
I used ‘nvidia-settings’ to generate the xorg configuration file. But that doesn’t work for some reason, I have the xorg log file attached. When it doesn’t work, it always seems to report “Setting a mode on head 1 failed: Invalid surface parameters”.
Using linux 4.3
Nvidia-drivers 358.16-r1 (gentoo package)
Xorg-server 1.17.4
This is the config file as generated by nvidia-settings. I tried a lot of variations of this, but it all seems to fail.
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 358.16 (buildmeister@swio-display-x64-rhel04-12) Mon Nov 16 19:58:01 PST 2015
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Ancor Communications Inc ROG PG278Q"
HorizSync 30.0 - 210.0
VertRefresh 30.0 - 150.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "SAMSUNG"
HorizSync 26.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 24.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce GTX 770"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce GTX 770"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "Stereo" "0"
Option "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-4"
Option "metamodes" "DP-1: 2560x1440 +0+0"
Option "SLI" "Off"
Option "MultiGPU" "Off"
Option "BaseMosaic" "off"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Device1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "Stereo" "0"
Option "metamodes" "HDMI-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
Option "SLI" "Off"
Option "MultiGPU" "Off"
Option "BaseMosaic" "off"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
This is the log file of a slightly modified xorg.conf (only the names in the ‘metamodes’ lines are modified, same results tho)
[ 4615.295]
X.Org X Server 1.17.4
Release Date: 2015-10-28
[ 4615.295] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 4615.295] Build Operating System: Linux 4.3.0-gentoo x86_64 Gentoo
[ 4615.295] Current Operating System: Linux nitrogen 4.3.0-gentoo #1 SMP Thu Dec 3 14:24:12 CET 2015 x86_64
[ 4615.295] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-4.3.0-gentoo root=/dev/mapper/vg-root ro dolvm
[ 4615.295] Build Date: 14 December 2015 03:08:51AM
[ 4615.295]
[ 4615.295] Current version of pixman: 0.33.4
[ 4615.295] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 4615.295] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 4615.295] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Dec 17 10:26:42 2015
[ 4615.295] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 4615.295] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 4615.295] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[ 4615.295] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[ 4615.295] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[ 4615.295] (**) | |-->Device "Device0"
[ 4615.295] (**) |-->Screen "Screen1" (1)
[ 4615.295] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor1"
[ 4615.295] (**) | |-->Device "Device1"
[ 4615.295] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[ 4615.295] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[ 4615.295] (**) Option "Xinerama" "0"
[ 4615.295] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 4615.295] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 4615.295] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[ 4615.295] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" does not exist.
[ 4615.295] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 4615.295] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[ 4615.295] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 4615.295] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" does not exist.
[ 4615.295] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 4615.295] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 4615.295] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 4615.295] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[ 4615.295] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/
[ 4615.295] (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia,/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
[ 4615.295] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[ 4615.295] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[ 4615.295] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[ 4615.295] (II) Loader magic: 0x804c60
[ 4615.296] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 4615.296] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 4615.296] X.Org Video Driver: 19.0
[ 4615.296] X.Org XInput driver : 21.0
[ 4615.296] X.Org Server Extension : 9.0
[ 4615.296] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card1)
[ 4615.296] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 4615.296] (--) PCI: (0:0:2:0) 8086:0412:1043:8534 rev 6, Mem @ 0xf7400000/4194304, 0xd0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000f000/64
[ 4615.296] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:1184:1462:2835 rev 161, Mem @ 0xf6000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/134217728, 0xe8000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[ 4615.296] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 4615.296] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/opengl/nvidia/extensions/libglx.so
[ 4615.298] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 4615.298] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 4615.298] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 4615.298] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 358.16 Mon Nov 16 18:54:01 PST 2015
[ 4615.298] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 4615.299] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 4615.299] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 4615.299] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 4615.299] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 4615.299] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 358.16 Mon Nov 16 18:32:40 PST 2015
[ 4615.299] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[ 4615.299] (++) using VT number 8
[ 4615.300] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 4615.300] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 4615.300] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 4615.300] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 4615.300] compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 4615.300] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 4615.300] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[ 4615.300] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[ 4615.300] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[ 4615.300] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 4615.300] compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 4615.300] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 4615.300] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 4615.300] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 4615.300] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 4615.301] (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 4615.301] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[ 4615.301] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 4615.301] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[ 4615.301] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "Stereo" "0"
[ 4615.301] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-4"
[ 4615.301] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "SLI" "Off"
[ 4615.301] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MultiGPU" "Off"
[ 4615.301] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "BaseMosaic" "off"
[ 4615.301] (**) NVIDIA(0): Stereo disabled by request
[ 4615.301] (**) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA SLI disabled.
[ 4615.301] (**) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA Multi-GPU disabled.
[ 4615.301] (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "DFP-4: 2560x1440_144 +0+0"
[ 4615.301] (**) NVIDIA(1): Option "MetaModes" "DFP-1: 1920x1080_60 +0+0"
[ 4615.301] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
[ 4615.688] (--) NVIDIA(0): Valid display device(s) on GPU-0 at PCI:1:0:0
[ 4615.688] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-0
[ 4615.688] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0
[ 4615.688] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-1 (boot)
[ 4615.688] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-2
[ 4615.688] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-3
[ 4615.688] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-4
[ 4615.691] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-0: disconnected
[ 4615.691] (--) NVIDIA(0): CRT-0: 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 4615.691] (--) NVIDIA(0):
[ 4615.694] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: disconnected
[ 4615.694] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: Internal TMDS
[ 4615.694] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 4615.694] (--) NVIDIA(0):
[ 4615.705] (--) NVIDIA(0): SAMSUNG (DFP-1): connected
[ 4615.705] (--) NVIDIA(0): SAMSUNG (DFP-1): Internal TMDS
[ 4615.705] (--) NVIDIA(0): SAMSUNG (DFP-1): 340.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 4615.705] (--) NVIDIA(0):
[ 4615.705] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-2: disconnected
[ 4615.705] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-2: Internal TMDS
[ 4615.705] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-2: 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 4615.705] (--) NVIDIA(0):
[ 4615.705] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-3: disconnected
[ 4615.705] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-3: Internal TMDS
[ 4615.705] (--) NVIDIA(0): DFP-3: 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 4615.705] (--) NVIDIA(0):
[ 4615.786] (--) NVIDIA(0): Ancor Communications Inc ROG PG278Q (DFP-4): connected
[ 4615.786] (--) NVIDIA(0): Ancor Communications Inc ROG PG278Q (DFP-4): Internal DisplayPort
[ 4615.786] (--) NVIDIA(0): Ancor Communications Inc ROG PG278Q (DFP-4): 960.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 4615.786] (--) NVIDIA(0): Ancor Communications Inc ROG PG278Q (DFP-4): supports NVIDIA 3D Vision stereo.
[ 4615.786] (--) NVIDIA(0):
[ 4615.787] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Found DRM driver nvidia-drm (20150116)
[ 4615.788] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce GTX 770 (GK104) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
[ 4615.788] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 2097152 kBytes
[ 4615.788] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 80.04.c3.00.38
[ 4615.788] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
[ 4615.788] (**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[ 4615.788] (**) NVIDIA(0): device Ancor Communications Inc ROG PG278Q (DFP-4) (Using
[ 4615.788] (**) NVIDIA(0): EDID frequencies has been enabled on all display
[ 4615.788] (**) NVIDIA(0): devices.)
[ 4615.789] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes:
[ 4615.789] (II) NVIDIA(0): "DFP-4:2560x1440_144+0+0"
[ 4615.789] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 2560 x 1440
[ 4615.792] (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (108, 107); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
[ 4615.792] (--) NVIDIA(0): option
[ 4615.792] (**) NVIDIA(1): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 4615.792] (==) NVIDIA(1): RGB weight 888
[ 4615.792] (==) NVIDIA(1): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 4615.792] (==) NVIDIA(1): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[ 4615.792] (**) NVIDIA(1): Option "Stereo" "0"
[ 4615.792] (**) NVIDIA(1): Option "SLI" "Off"
[ 4615.792] (**) NVIDIA(1): Option "MultiGPU" "Off"
[ 4615.792] (**) NVIDIA(1): Option "BaseMosaic" "off"
[ 4615.792] (**) NVIDIA(1): Stereo disabled by request
[ 4615.792] (**) NVIDIA(1): NVIDIA SLI disabled.
[ 4615.792] (**) NVIDIA(1): NVIDIA Multi-GPU disabled.
[ 4615.792] (II) NVIDIA(1): NVIDIA GPU GeForce GTX 770 (GK104) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
[ 4615.792] (--) NVIDIA(1): Memory: 2097152 kBytes
[ 4615.792] (--) NVIDIA(1): VideoBIOS: 80.04.c3.00.38
[ 4615.792] (II) NVIDIA(1): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
[ 4615.792] (**) NVIDIA(1): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID for display
[ 4615.792] (**) NVIDIA(1): device SAMSUNG (DFP-1) (Using EDID frequencies has been
[ 4615.792] (**) NVIDIA(1): enabled on all display devices.)
[ 4615.794] (II) NVIDIA(1): Validated MetaModes:
[ 4615.794] (II) NVIDIA(1): "DFP-1:1920x1080_60+0+0"
[ 4615.794] (II) NVIDIA(1): Virtual screen size determined to be 1920 x 1080
[ 4615.800] (--) NVIDIA(1): DPI set to (69, 70); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
[ 4615.800] (--) NVIDIA(1): option
[ 4615.800] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 4615.804] (II) NVIDIA: Using 3072.00 MB of virtual memory for indirect memory
[ 4615.804] (II) NVIDIA: access.
[ 4615.807] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
[ 4615.807] (II) NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X
[ 4615.807] (II) NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set correctly. When the
[ 4615.807] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
[ 4615.807] (II) NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications. For
[ 4615.807] (II) NVIDIA(0): details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
[ 4615.807] (II) NVIDIA(0): "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
[ 4615.807] (II) NVIDIA(0): Config Options in the README.
[ 4615.824] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "DFP-4:2560x1440_144+0+0"
[ 4615.899] (==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
[ 4615.899] (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store enabled
[ 4615.899] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
[ 4615.899] (**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
[ 4615.899] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[ 4615.899] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 4615.899] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[ 4615.899] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[ 4615.899] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] VDPAU driver: nvidia
[ 4615.899] (--) RandR disabled
[ 4615.902] (II) NVIDIA(1): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
[ 4615.902] (II) NVIDIA(1): may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X
[ 4615.902] (II) NVIDIA(1): configuration option may not be set correctly. When the
[ 4615.902] (II) NVIDIA(1): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
[ 4615.902] (II) NVIDIA(1): try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications. For
[ 4615.902] (II) NVIDIA(1): details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
[ 4615.902] (II) NVIDIA(1): "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
[ 4615.902] (II) NVIDIA(1): Config Options in the README.
[ 4615.919] (II) NVIDIA(1): Setting mode "DFP-1:1920x1080_60+0+0"
[ 4615.919] (WW) NVIDIA(1): Failed to set the display configuration
[ 4615.919] (WW) NVIDIA(1): - Setting a mode on head 1 failed: Invalid surface parameters
[ 4615.919] (WW) NVIDIA(1): were specified
[ 4615.919] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 4615.919] (EE) AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 1
[ 4615.920] (EE)
[ 4615.920] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 4615.920] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 4615.920] (EE)
[ 4615.965] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.