Hi,
my external monitors (both are connected to the e-port plus via DVI) are not identified.
They are not in the monitors section if I probe my hardware.
Everything works fine in Windows 7 on the same laptop and the docking station.
Cheers,
Sergey
You need to supply more info to get useful responses. We know nothing about your graphics hardware or driver in use:
/usr/sbin/hwinfo --gfxcard
With the displays connected, note what is reported by the following command
xrandr
Thank you for your response.
/usr/sbin/hwinfo --gfxcard
10: PCI 02.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA)
[Created at pci.319]
Unique ID: _Znp.a0F9+zZlv2A
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:00:02.0
Hardware Class: graphics card
Model: “Intel VGA compatible controller”
Vendor: pci 0x8086 “Intel Corporation”
Device: pci 0x0126
SubVendor: pci 0x1028 “Dell”
SubDevice: pci 0x04a3
Revision: 0x09
Driver: “i915”
Driver Modules: “drm”
Memory Range: 0xed400000-0xed7fffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
Memory Range: 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff (ro,non-prefetchable)
I/O Ports: 0x8000-0x803f (rw)
IRQ: 52 (8 events)
Module Alias: “pci:v00008086d00000126sv00001028sd000004A3bc03sc00i00”
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: i915 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe i915”
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
25: PCI 100.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA)
[Created at pci.319]
Unique ID: VCu0.qVs9HSzUmV3
Parent ID: vSkL.c_k0ptYPZME
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 0x0dfa
SubVendor: pci 0x1028 “Dell”
SubDevice: pci 0x14a3
Revision: 0xa1
Memory Range: 0xec000000-0xecffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
Memory Range: 0xe0000000-0xe7ffffff (ro,non-prefetchable)
Memory Range: 0xe8000000-0xe9ffffff (ro,non-prefetchable)
I/O Ports: 0x7000-0x7fff (rw)
Memory Range: 0xed000000-0xed07ffff (ro,non-prefetchable,disabled)
IRQ: 11 (no events)
Module Alias: “pci:v000010DEd00000DFAsv00001028sd000014A3bc03sc00i00”
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: nvidiafb is not active
Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe nvidiafb”
Driver Info #1:
Driver Status: nouveau is not active
Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe nouveau”
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #9 (PCI bridge)
Primary display adapter: #10
monster:~ # xrandr -q
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 1920 x 1080, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 1920 x 1080
default connected 1920x1080+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1920x1080 0.0*
No other screens detected.
You output shows that you have NVIDIA Optimus (hybrid) graphics system, which is currently using the intel chipset and driver. Your NVIDIA chipset requires the use of a specific proprietary driver and the means to switch between them. I don’t have direct experience with hybrid graphics systems, so you may need to search these forums for further info. For now, I can only point you at these
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_Bumblebee
Smithfarm - the Brain: openSUSE 12.3: How to install ‘bumblebee’ for NVIDIA Optimus VGA
Good luck 
Thank you !
I will try to do it and report next week.
Yesterday I tried to install the nVidia Linux Display Driver x86 319.17 and it turned everything on my monitor up side down
Which I was not able to fix without the complete X-Windows reinstallation.
Cheers,
Sergey
I recommend you start a new thread with a descriptive title (eg “optimus+nvidia” in the title) if you should required further help with this. That will attract the attention of others who may be able to help.
This thread could be helpful too: