I don't know anything about graphical stuff, I'm a VT100 guy all the way. So please help me out here with my two-screen Debian setup.
I'm running Debian 11 with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and having all manner of problems with it.
It's in an HP Z420 mini-tower unit [https://support.hp.com/za-en/document/c03274125] - lots of PCIe slots available.
Two identical Acer EB321HQU monitors (which have HDMI, DisplayPort and VGA inputs). One on HDMI, the other on DisplayPort because the card only has one of each.
The DisplayPort monitor intermittently fails to come back online after powersaving, switching X into a single-monitor mode; [I realise that I haven't tested swapping the cables around between the monitors - have now swapped the monitors in case it's that #rubberduck - will report back on that situation], but I'm assuming it's the DisplayPort aspect rather than the monitor itself
The GNOME window list disappears on occasion - switching to and from another workspace fixes that, but it's annoying.
I am - without particularly scientific reason - blaming all of these on the fact that it's an old, cheap, Nvidia graphics card.
Is that a reasonable assumption? If so, what would be a sensible card to choose that will be nice and boring, capable of running both displays at 2560x1440 without breaking X/GNOME?
I'm running Debian 11 with a NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and having all manner of problems with it.
It's in an HP Z420 mini-tower unit [https://support.hp.com/za-en/document/c03274125] - lots of PCIe slots available.
Two identical Acer EB321HQU monitors (which have HDMI, DisplayPort and VGA inputs). One on HDMI, the other on DisplayPort because the card only has one of each.
The DisplayPort monitor intermittently fails to come back online after powersaving, switching X into a single-monitor mode; [I realise that I haven't tested swapping the cables around between the monitors - have now swapped the monitors in case it's that #rubberduck - will report back on that situation], but I'm assuming it's the DisplayPort aspect rather than the monitor itself
The GNOME window list disappears on occasion - switching to and from another workspace fixes that, but it's annoying.
I am - without particularly scientific reason - blaming all of these on the fact that it's an old, cheap, Nvidia graphics card.
Is that a reasonable assumption? If so, what would be a sensible card to choose that will be nice and boring, capable of running both displays at 2560x1440 without breaking X/GNOME?
Statistics: Posted by stevep — 2024-07-22 23:29 — Replies 2 — Views 58