NVIDIA dual screen configuration question

[billollib]

Help!

I have an ASUS G74s laptop with an NVIDIA 560M card, running Fedora 17:

uname -a:
Linux localhost.localdomain 3.4.3-1.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 18 19:53:17 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I am using the NVIDIA configuration tool and have a dual monitor setup.

The first monitor, "A." is my laptop monitor. The second monitor, "B," is a 17-inch Dell LCD screen I borrowed from a desktop. Everything *almost* works perfectly. I set the monitors up in "Twinview" mode with the Dell screen to the right.

My only problem is this. I would like to keep my "regular" desktop on screen "A" -- the desktop wth my icons, panels, etc. However, when I add the new screen, my regular desktop comes up on screen "B". It doesn't matter which one I choose as my "Primary" screen. Basically, I end up hitting "apply" and "cancel" five or six times and eventually it comes up the way I want. While it happens eventually, I never know which time it will work. It doesn't matter which one I make "primary," I've tried it both ways, and I've switched it when I go through the cancel/apply ritual. Once it's set up, everything works fine.

Is there some configuration choice I'm missing? How can I tell the driver that I want my "original" desktop on screen "A", and the (empty) new desktop on "B"?

Thanks

billo

[nonamedotc]

I have seen this issue multiple times. Unfortunately, I do not hae nvidia installed at the moment and so I cannot give the exact details.

So, here are some directions. In the Nvidia settings manager, go to the second tab with the advanced menu toggled ON. There will be one 'drop down' option, set that to be one for your first monitor and apply. You should get a message saying some configuration is not correct, etc. Apply autofix and your monitor should be working in the way you described ...

[billollib]

Thanks, but no joy. The "Advanced" tab added one line, a "meta mode" that I could add or delete. I added one, tried, deleted it, tried, and nothing changed.

[sesso]

SOrry this is old but you have to drag the little black bar to the left side. Its on the screen in settings > display. I had the same issue until I realized that you can drag the little bar.