<SOLVED> ACER F15 with nvidia Geforce 940MX runnig MINT 19

[henriqueloureiro]

Hi.
I install MINT 19 in a ACER F15. Iḿ having trouble with the NVIDIA card

I cant configure the "modesetting"

Response from inxi -G
Graphics: Card-1: Intel HD Graphics 620
Card-2: NVIDIA Device 179c
Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.6 )
drivers: nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) FAILED: modesetting
Resolution: 1366x768@60.00hz, 1920x1080@60.00hz
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce 940MX/PCIe/SSE2
version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.48

On the Nvidia X setting I cant configure the settings of the monitor.
I want to work with the LCD from the notebook and the others 2 monitors from the VGA and athe HDMI conection of the notebook.
Can someone help me?

[Laurent85]

I cant configure the "modesetting"

The inxi output is probably misleading, anyway you don't need the modesetting driver while Nvidia driver active.

On the Nvidia X setting I cant configure the settings of the monitor.

Did you try the Mint Display utility instead ?

[henriqueloureiro]

Thanks for the reply

The inxi output is probably misleading, anyway you don't need the modesetting driver while Nvidia driver active.

i can remove modesetting?

Did you try the Mint Display utility instead ?

First I try with display
Display dont find the third monitor in HDMI. If I remove the HDMI connector and insert it again, the Display show it, but if i click in "APPLY" the HDMI monitor is removed and I return two the two monitors again (LCD from the Notebook, and the VGA monitor)
- eDPI-1 and DPI-1 is the name of this two monitors. I can see it with the xrandr command.

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Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 3286 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
eDP-1-1 connected primary 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 193mm
   1366x768      60.00*+
   1360x768      59.80    59.96  
   1280x720      60.00    59.99    59.86    59.74  
   1024x768      60.04    60.00  
   960x720       60.00  
   928x696       60.05  
   896x672       60.01  
   1024x576      59.95    59.96    59.90    59.82  
   960x600       59.93    60.00  
   960x540       59.96    59.99    59.63    59.82  
   800x600       60.00    60.32    56.25  
   840x525       60.01    59.88  
   864x486       59.92    59.57  
   800x512       60.17  
   700x525       59.98  
   800x450       59.95    59.82  
   640x512       60.02  
   720x450       59.89  
   700x450       59.96    59.88  
   640x480       60.00    59.94  
   720x405       59.51    58.99  
   684x384       59.88    59.85  
   680x384       59.80    59.96  
   640x400       59.88    59.98  
   576x432       60.06  
   640x360       59.86    59.83    59.84    59.32  
   512x384       60.00  
   512x288       60.00    59.92  
   480x270       59.63    59.82  
   400x300       60.32    56.34  
   432x243       59.92    59.57  
   320x240       60.05  
   360x202       59.51    59.13  
   320x180       59.84    59.32  
HDMI-1-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1-1 connected 1920x1080+1366+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 521mm x 293mm
   1920x1080     60.00*+
   1680x1050     59.95  
   1280x1024     75.02    60.02  
   1440x900      59.89  
   1280x960      60.00  
   1280x720      60.00  
   1024x768      75.03    70.07    60.00  
   832x624       74.55  
   800x600       72.19    75.00    60.32    56.25  
   640x480       75.00    72.81    66.67    59.94  
   720x400       70.08  

Thanks

[Laurent85]

i can remove modesetting?

The modesetting driver is an Xorg built-in driver, you can't remove it. Anyway as the driver is not used removing it would not help. Can't help much for setting up Xorg with 3 displays.

[henriqueloureiro]

Hello Laurent85,
First I went with my notebook in my office and try configured the 3 monitors with 2 new monitors 1 VGA and 1 HDMI. It configured just perfect. I think that the problem was with my old LCD monitor and the HDMI to VGA Adapter.
The problem with the NVIDIA X Server Settings was that I dont read the message
"PRIME Displays cannot be controlled by nvidia-settings and must be configured by an external RandR capable tool. The display is show in the layout windows above for informational purposes only"
Sorry about my mistake.
Thanks for the Help.
Henrique Alberto Loureiro