Two monitor are not working correctly

[Astralogic]

I have an annoying problem. I have two monitors, well one's a TV, and I need to switch them, because on my TV it says "unsupported format" or something as though the resolution is wrong, but on my monitor I only see desktop 2. So I need to modify the display settings of the TV and switch them around to that I get desktop 1 onmy monitor . Any ideas how to do that without being able to see the main desktop?

Maybe boot to rescue mode? I don't think that mode supports dual monitors so you should only see the main one.

That would probably only make my TV active which currently has an unsupported format so I wouldn't see anything on it.

[conram]

It will be hard for those who want to chime-in to this thread if you will not provide more information about your computer
ie: is it a desktop or a laptop, or what is your video card or what DE are you using

[Astralogic]

It will be hard for those who want to chime-in to this thread if you will not provide more information about your computer
ie: is it a desktop or a laptop, or what is your video card or what DE are you using

Yes it's a desktop computer, my video card is a nvidia gtx 770, and I'm using KDE.

[deano_ferrari]

Yes it's a desktop computer, my video card is a nvidia gtx 770, and I'm using KDE.

Still not enough info. Please tell us
1. openSUSE version and desktop environment (eg KDE, Gnome,...)
2. Are you using the open source driver or proprietary nvidia driver?

/usr/sbin/hwinfo --gfxcard

[Astralogic]

Yes it's a desktop computer, my video card is a nvidia gtx 770, and I'm using KDE.

Here's a link to my full specs if you need it.

[Astralogic]

Still not enough info. Please tell us
1. openSUSE version and desktop environment (eg KDE, Gnome,...)
2. Are you using the open source driver or proprietary nvidia driver?

/usr/sbin/hwinfo --gfxcard

It's openSUSE 13.1 with KDE.

I'm using whatever driver openSUSE defaulted me to. I'm in Windows at the minute so I'll run that code and get back to you with the output soon. Can I access a terminal without access to the main dasektop?

[Astralogic]

When I was installing from the disc it did setup up my displays the correct way round. But once installed and booting from the HD it swapped them around and gave my TV funky settings that it doesn't want to display.

Edit: If necessary I could just unplug my TV from the computer, that should give me the main desktop on my monitor, but I don't know what to do after that to get them set up so they can both be left connected to the computer.

[Astralogic]

Here's the output of the commands you gave me earlier:

linux-kmee:~ # /usr/sbin/hwinfo --gfxcard
22: PCI 100.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA)             
  [Created at pci.319]
  Unique ID: VCu0.+KN0roOebrF
  Parent ID: vSkL.QvIcRUNlaeA
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:01:00.0
  Hardware Class: graphics card
  Model: "nVidia VGA compatible controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x1184 
  SubVendor: pci 0x1458 "Giga-byte Technology"
  SubDevice: pci 0x361a 
  Revision: 0xa1
  Driver: "nouveau"
  Driver Modules: "drm"
  Memory Range: 0xf6000000-0xf6ffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xe8000000-0xefffffff (ro,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xf0000000-0xf1ffffff (ro,non-prefetchable)
  I/O Ports: 0xe000-0xefff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xf7000000-0xf707ffff (ro,non-prefetchable,disabled)
  IRQ: 16 (6217 events)
  I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw)
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010DEd00001184sv00001458sd0000361Abc03sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: nvidiafb is not active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe nvidiafb"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: nouveau is active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "modprobe nouveau"
  Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #9 (PCI bridge)

Primary display adapter: #22

Edit: I left my TV unplugged and got to my main desktop on my monitor but there was no "start menu" if you know what I mean, the KDE menu in the lower left was not there. Should I remove openSUSE and reinstall it?

[Astralogic]

Edit: I left my TV unplugged and got to my main desktop on my monitor but there was no "start menu" if you know what I mean, the KDE menu in the lower left was not there. Should I remove openSUSE and reinstall it?

Please disregard this question, I'll make a new thread for it.

[wolfi323]

Here's the output of the commands you gave me earlier:

I would advise you to install the proprietary nvidia driver, that should work better especially in a multi-monitor setup:
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_drivers

Or (that's how I would do it) just enable the NVidia repo in YaST->Software Repositories->Add->Community Repositories, then run YaST->Software Management and install the following packages (just type "nvidia" into the search field and you should see all of them):
nvidia-gfxG03-kmp-desktop, x11-video-nvidiaG03, nvidia-glG03, nvidia-computeG03 (at least the latter two should be selected automatically anyway when you select the first one)

This of course implies that you are using kernel-desktop, which should be the default.
For kernel-default, you would need nvidia-gfxG03-kmp-default as first package.
You can check the kernel with "uname -a", or just look in YaST which kernel package is installed.

I can't really help you with the two monitors setup, but it should be possible to configure correctly in Configure Desktop->Display and Monitor.
Or you could use "nvidia-settings" after you installed the nvidia driver.