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Ubuntu keeps swapping the order of my dual monitors

Hybrid_theory

Hybrid_theory

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By default, Ubuntu places my right monitor on the left, and my left monitor on the right, which i have to manually switch back. This stays for the most part, through reboots. but occasionally when logging in, and when i boot up vmware, it switches it back. anyway to keep this to the same setting, or should i just move my monitors around?
 
Hybrid_theory said:
By default, Ubuntu places my right monitor on the left, and my left monitor on the right, which i have to manually switch back. This stays for the most part, through reboots. but occasionally when logging in, and when i boot up vmware, it switches it back. anyway to keep this to the same setting, or should i just move my monitors around?
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it randomly switches your monitors around? which graphics card you using and which driver version?
 
According to lspci | grep VGA, im using an nvidia nv37gl Quadro PCIE series. The driver is whatever standard one linux put on
 
i had similiar issues with ubuntu and multi monitor, my solution was to install the binary driver and disable randr. However that was with an ATi card...or correctly and AMD card.
 
Are you sure that there is a driver? Ubuntu doesn't just magic one out of nowhere and install it for you.
 
Yes there's a driver, otherwise the video wouldnt work at all. THe OS needs to know how to talk with the video card. It's just not an nvidia driver.
 
Hybrid_theory said:
Yes there's a driver, otherwise the video wouldnt work at all. THe OS needs to know how to talk with the video card. It's just not an nvidia driver.
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well install the nvidia driver then. the restricted one should work.
 
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