First I would like to say that I am new to linux in general as well as to this forum, please forgive my newbie-ness.
While I am now to anything related to linux I am knowledgable when it comes to computers (and windows).
I have been telling myself that I would switch to linux for quite some time now. The main thing that prevented that is games but now valve decided to go linux I don't have any reason not to make the switch anymore!
I recently installed opensuse 13.1 alongside windows 7 and managed to fix a few issues with a bit of help, however I still have a few problems that I am unable to solve.
I am running opensuse 13.1 with KDE with the proprietary Nvidia drivers.
My main screen has a resolution of 1920x1200 and is connected over DVI, my secondary screen has a resolution of 1280x800, is connected over VGA (vga only screen) and is to the left of the main screen.
The problem is that when I am using 2 monitors game either run in the wrong monitor, the game stretches out over both monitors. Often programs also want to run on the left (my secondary) monitor despite it not being the primary display.
I am temporarily using a different secondary screen (VGA and DVI) instead of the one I use normally that is connected over DVI as well and now one monitor get turned off when running a game or is on the wrong screen.
I have no idea if this is relevant but when I login it looks like the screens are switched (because the tendency for the main screen to be on the left?) and I see garbled pixels in the area that was outside the displayable area before the switch, after a second it disappears.
Is there any way I can force fullscreen applications to use the main screen and still allow the secondary screen to display whatever I have running on it at the time ?
I also have the issue that whenever I have a screen connected over VGA and one over DVI and I try to shut down the computer it reboots 2 seconds after it appears to have shut down, this happen with both secondary screens. When I use the temporary secondary monitor over DVI the system shuts down like it should.
I have seen a lot of weird problems but this one is among the top of "how is that even possible". Does anyone have a clue what is going on and perhaps know how to fix it?
Thanks in advance for any help!
While I am now to anything related to linux I am knowledgable when it comes to computers (and windows).
I have been telling myself that I would switch to linux for quite some time now. The main thing that prevented that is games but now valve decided to go linux I don't have any reason not to make the switch anymore!
I recently installed opensuse 13.1 alongside windows 7 and managed to fix a few issues with a bit of help, however I still have a few problems that I am unable to solve.
I am running opensuse 13.1 with KDE with the proprietary Nvidia drivers.
My main screen has a resolution of 1920x1200 and is connected over DVI, my secondary screen has a resolution of 1280x800, is connected over VGA (vga only screen) and is to the left of the main screen.
The problem is that when I am using 2 monitors game either run in the wrong monitor, the game stretches out over both monitors. Often programs also want to run on the left (my secondary) monitor despite it not being the primary display.
I am temporarily using a different secondary screen (VGA and DVI) instead of the one I use normally that is connected over DVI as well and now one monitor get turned off when running a game or is on the wrong screen.
I have no idea if this is relevant but when I login it looks like the screens are switched (because the tendency for the main screen to be on the left?) and I see garbled pixels in the area that was outside the displayable area before the switch, after a second it disappears.
Is there any way I can force fullscreen applications to use the main screen and still allow the secondary screen to display whatever I have running on it at the time ?
I also have the issue that whenever I have a screen connected over VGA and one over DVI and I try to shut down the computer it reboots 2 seconds after it appears to have shut down, this happen with both secondary screens. When I use the temporary secondary monitor over DVI the system shuts down like it should.
I have seen a lot of weird problems but this one is among the top of "how is that even possible". Does anyone have a clue what is going on and perhaps know how to fix it?
Thanks in advance for any help!