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Dell E6520 ubuntu 11.10 64bit no working vga / dvi

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I can't get any external monitor to work with my dell E6520 after an upgrade. from 11.04 -> 11.10, which is pretty damn annoying. I got a second monitor to work for a short moment once. Currently The nvidia settings manager does not propperly configure any external monitor reliable. It just goes back to the old configuration after 15 seconds. It used to work before..

My actions so far:

Updated the bios to the newest version.

Installed ironhide with and without optimus enabled.

installed nvidia drivers

I found somewhere that the 32bit version of ubuntu is fully supported on the dell E6520. Should I switch and start using that?

Think I will wait until the next version before I waste another few hours or so on fixing this. since the next version of ubuntu got improved graphics stuff coming.

update fixed almost all my issues using the default opensource drivers. I can't get my hdmi port to work (yet) but the vga port works now again. yay!

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answered 1 Year ago puccop · Accepted Answer

I succesfully got all my vga/hdmi ports working on 12.04 using the propertierty drivers from nvidia.

NOTE: disable optimus in the bios!

I installed the driver in this way:

Download the 64bit nividia driver.

control - alt F6, or F7.. to get into a terminal screen.

cd to the direcotry you downloaded the driver

sudo service lightdm stop ( this stops all X / graphics stuff currently running)

sudo sh ./NVIDIA-your-version driver.

follow the intructions of the installation.

sudo service lightdm start ( now your login screen should show up)

Now you are running the nvidia driver and using nvidia settings you can configure all your screens. NOTE: It could be that you have to reinstall the driver after a kernel update..