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User <
user@example.net> wrote:
> I have a laptop and then I like to connect a fairly large external
> monitor. The setup sort of looks like this:
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> Anytime I do an update which changes the kernel I lose display to the
> big external monitor. To fix this I have to uninstall the nvidia-kernel
> and nvidia-driver packages and then go rebuild them from slackbuilds.
>
>
https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/system/nvidia-kernel/
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https://slackbuilds.org/repository/15.0/system/nvidia-driver/
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> The whole process can be rather tedious and cumbersome. The monitor
> just says "Cannot detect HDMI signal" if I don`t have the nvidia-driver
> installed on the system.
>
> Wondering if anyone else deals with this or has a greatly simplified
> solution (e.g. not even needing the nvida-driver to connect a monitor?)
You did not say what video card. You imply Slack 15 from your
slackbuild URL`s.
Here I have this Nvidia video card:
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G94GL [Quadro FX
1800] (rev a1)
To which I have two monitors connected.
I use the nouveau driver, and xrandr to setup the two monitors, and
everything just works.
So maybe give the nouveau driver a try (presuming it works with your
card, which you did not specify).
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