mouse cursor goes off screen SOLVED!

[T6]

1020x1080?  that is almost square, 5:4 lol

[CJ]

Doug, no worries, enjoy your Sunday.

I no longer think you have to connect the TV only, as I have had a studious time over this, and I am optimistic that we have the info we need now. Same goes for your monitor resolution.
I am going to try to stick together an xorg.conf for you, I think I have it sussed. We might have to implement it in a couple of bits - makes troubleshooting easier if it falters somewhere.

Also, for information, I now know why your mouse went awol in the first place (it is actually in the first xorg.conf you posted).

Later...
CJ

[CJ]

1020x1080?  that is almost square, 5:4 lol

 

[dougmack]

OK, CJ, am awaiting your input.  The "1020 x 1080" was a typo, it should have said 1920 X 1080.  I also looked back at the window that had "flat screen" and it had the res correct at 1920 x 1080, even if that's not what came up when I rebooted. And what I'm looking at now. 

I think someone said that the cursor went off screen because the system thought I had a second monitor off to the right, operating as a super wide-screen system.  Anyway, es macht nichts, as the Germans say--that's hopefully over with. 

I really appreciate your own continuing patience with such a dumb-bell as me!

--doug

[CJ]

I think someone said that the cursor went off screen because the system thought I had a second monitor off to the right, operating as a super wide-screen system.  Anyway, es macht nichts, as the Germans say--that's hopefully over with.

I mention it in one of the early posts. Actually, it was right there for all to see, though that is of course easy to say now.

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
   Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

I strongly suspect this change was made when you plugged in the Toshiba first time around.

I really appreciate your own continuing patience with such a dumb-bell as me!

Never fear, it has been a pleasure. It is nice to be challenged at times - I just hope that something functional shall come of it.


Speaking off... here is my proposed xorg.conf. I would like you to try it as is, i.e. do not make any changes, either through PCC, Nvidia-settings, etc. If something does not work, let's see if we can fix it quickly directly in the file.
Also, first time up with this, please do not plug in the Toshiba - test run it as cleanly as possible, then report back.
If it works as intended, then we shall progress.

Edit: Code below edited for case sensitivity!

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Section "ServerFlags"
    AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "ViewSonic VX2450 SERIES"
    HorizSync       24.0 - 82.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 75.0
    Option         "DPMS"

# 1920x1080 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 67.08 kHz; pclk: 172.80 MHz
  Modeline "1920x1080_60"  172.80  1920 2040 2248 2576  1080 1081 1084 1118  -HSync +Vsync

# modeline generated by gtf(1) [handled by XFdrake]
  ModeLine "1920x1080_50"  141.45  1920 2032 2232 2544  1080 1081 1084 1112  -HSync +Vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce GTX 550 Ti"
#    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "screen0"
    Device "device0"
    Monitor "monitor0"
    DefaultColorDepth 24

    Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "15.0 - 68.0"
    Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "23.0 - 76.0"

    Option "TwinView" "1"
    Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"

    Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1920x1080_60, DFP-1: 1920x1080_60; DFP-0: 1920x1080_60, DFP-1: NULL; DFP-0: NULL, DFP-1: 1920x1080_60"

    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 24
        Modes "1920x1080"
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "layout0"
    Screen "screen0"
EndSection

If all goes well, you should have your Viewpoint monitor running in correct resolution, with no 'mouse-out'.
If this is indeed the case, can I ask you to check that no automatic changes has been made to the file?

Hope it works...
CJ

[dougmack]

I'm sorry, I must have missed notification of this most recent reply.  It is now 9:43 PM and you're probably in bed by now.
Is the code you posted the _complete_ xorg.conf?  It looks awfully small.  If it isn't, then where should it be inserted in the
whole scheme of things? I will await your answer before proceeding, and maybe making things worse!  And I will check the
Forum--I didn't see a notice in email.  (I will probably be up for another 5 hours, if you happen to be a night-owl.  I'll take
another look before I turn in.)

--doug

[dougmack]

Ignore last post, please.  I missed the scroll track on the xorg you posted, because I had printed it out, and the track doesn't appear in the printout.  Anyway, I found the entire
suggested xorg.conf, and made it the system file.  Now there was no GUI at all, and I had to work with the terminal.  I had copied and pasted the suggested file in, and then I
printed it out and verified that I had actually used what you sent--it was word-for-word correct.  Maybe there's a quote mark or a hash mark or something missing?  For now
I am working with the file from last Saturday nite, which at least gives me a readable GUI screen.  I have to leave the situation up to you, now.

--doug

[CJ]

Doug, I am indeed a night owl, just not at the PC.  

Very sorry to hear that it did not work out-of-the-box.
As I wrote, I was planning to implement this piece-meal in order to catch any issues, but I got arrogant and thought 'no reason why this shouldn't work'. Seems that Hubris got the better of me.
Still, I have had another look at my posted file, I can see no fault in it, per sé.


** EDIT: See advice in next post prior to trying this! **
Maybe we should first rule out that the issue is not a missing driver:
In the file you are currently using, in the section that says:

Section "Device"
    Identifier "device1"
    Driver "vesa"
    Option "DPMS"
EndSection

... try changing 'vesa' to 'nvidia', and let's see if it picks that up.

Let me know.

Once again, sorry it did not take.

CJ

[CJ]

DUH! 

xorg.conf file content is case sensitive! I had a mix in the screen/monitor/device names of capitals and lower case.

I have edited the file in the code block in the previous post, so I suggest you try that one again (as per original instructions).

If it doesn't work again, follow the 'vesa' to 'nvidia' advise in the post above.

My apologies.
CJ

[dougmack]

Success!  The machine boots OK, the mouse stays within borders, and the TV displays the picture.  I don't know what the magic was, but it worked! Thank you!

Now we have a different problem: sound.  Unlike in XP, where the sound only came from the TV, now the sound comes only from the computer speakers, and none from the TV.  Somehow I need to have it come from _both_.  If you need some file from me, let me know.  I don't know what controls the sound.

--doug

[T6]

for audio to be moved form the sound card to the hdmi output you need to configure pulseaudio to move sound form one sound card to the sound card in the hdmi port(supposedly hdmi has a sound card but it is more a bridge than anything)

there is some posts explaing how to do that here on the forum

[dougmack]

Is it possible to do that without pulse-audio?  I have sworn at p/a so many times that I have sworn off it!  Invariably, no matter what I do, I wind up with no sound at all,
anywhere.  Three separate installations of p/a have resulted in not hearing anything, and lots of finagling the various possibilities, none of them documented, of course,
and I figure that's enough! 

--doug

[CJ]

Oh, I am glad! It has then been all worth it!
I set the metamodes in such a fashion that you should be able to unplug one or the other without issue, though that is in more 'unstable' territory, so keep an eye on it in case you need to do this.

Also remember, if you ever decide to re-install you need to have this xorg.conf backed up!

As for sound, I am with T6 on this one. I also think it better to start a new thread for this issue... You shall probably draw some more people in that way too.

I do remember seeing quite a lot of posts in this regard, but I think most of them pertained to have sound through to HDMI on the graphics card. I would think, though, that this would pertain to your DVI too.

Some cards has a onboard sound capability, others need a cable from the sound device to the graphic card. I would assume, seeing as you got sound through the DVI under XP that your graphic card has the ability without said cable (or you already have the cable installed).

And yes, you should be able to do this without PulseAudio also.
Did you see my earlier advice about installing QasMixer? Often times it is just a matter of 'flicking a switch', and you can see them all easily in that mixer.

Cheers!
CJ

[gseaman]

See - I knew you'd solve it!

Galen

[dougmack]

I have installed Qas Mixer.  Looks like it needs some instruction from somebody as to how to set up the HDMI lines, or to let me know if it's even possible.
I'll take your advice and start a new thread for the sound issue.  Thanx for the assistance.  I could never have gotten anywhere near the answer by myself!

As far as the original problem--and what it devolved into--SOLVED!

--doug