Multiple NVidia Profiles

[AnotherUser]

I am running PCLOS 2012.02 (KDE version) on Dell Latitude E6420. According to lspci, my video card is

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VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [Quadro NVS 4200M] (rev a1)I have used PCC to configure the video card to use the proprietary driver, so that my /etc/X11/xorg.conf says

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Section "Device"
    Identifier "device1"
    BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 6100 to GeForce 360"
    Driver "nvidia"
    Option "DPMS"
    Option "DynamicTwinView" "true"
    Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals"
EndSection
and according to rpm -qa | grep nvidia, I have x11-driver-video-nvidia-current-295.53-1pclos2012 installed.

When I boot away from my docking station, I get the correct behavior (displaying on the laptop screen). When I boot while docked to my docking station with my TV plugged into the VGA port, I get the correct behavior (TwinView across my laptop monitor and the TV). However, if I first boot away from the docking station and then dock, I cannot get the TV to display anything. It's as though the TwinView feature requires a reboot (or at least a restart of X server).

Isn't there a way to define something like "display profiles" using the NVidia driver? I just want to make docking and undocking easier. What do others do in this situation?

[djohnston]

You can restart the X server simply by logging out and logging back in. You can also restart X by using the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace key combination.

Oh, and welcome to the forum!

[AnotherUser]

That's exactly what I have been doing so far - restarting X with a three-finger-salute. But that's not the best solution because GUI applications which used to run and display before the restart of X no longer display after the restart. So I have to remember to "clean up" first and only then dock. I was just wondering if there is a better solution.