Crash when activating external screen

[M4he]

I connect an external screen to my netbook's VGA port and open up nvidia-settings to set its mode to 'TwinView' (extend desktop to the new screen). As soon as the new screen turns on and shows the wallpaper, Cinnamon crashes and forces me to log out.

This always happens and I'm not able to give a presentation using cinnamon.

[ghost]

This seems to be a specific issue with nvidia, I can't reproduce that behavior with Intel adapter.

[slovdahl]

Which version of the nvidia binary driver do you use?

I'm not able to reproduce it either, and I'm using version 280.13-0ubuntu6 of the nvidia binary driver. Though this is on my desktop computer with a Nvidia GTX 260..

[M4he]

I'm using the nvidia driver version 295.33-1
Happens both on my netbook (x86, nvidia ION) and my desktop (x86_64, GTX 470).

[rknize]

Check your ~/.xsession-errors. Do you see an X error (BadValue)? If so, try switching your TwinView config to RightOf instead of LeftOf. That worked for me (even though my screens are backwards now).

[chrisfromredfin]

My .xsession-errors was showing "The error was 'BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)'."

I am using Cinnamon 1.4 with i915 (an Inspiron 15r / integration Intel graphics). I have a related forum post here:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=208&t=98646&p=568538#p568538

What's weird is that this was absolutely working up until I plugged my laptop into a projector today. Since the projector, I haven't been able to go back to having this working until using the above workaround.

If there's any information I can provide, let me know... I would much prefer to have the reverse orientation.

[AlbertJP]

Does Gnome Shell also have this issue for any of you when the primary screen is the right one instead of left?

[chrisfromredfin]

Gnome shell does not have this issue for me.

Also, I just discovered that 'flipped' and 'classic' DO work as long as you make your left-hand external monitor the 'primary' (by dragging the black clock bar from monitor-right to monitor-left in Displays). This of course means your taskbars go to the left.

[rknize]

No issues with GNOME shell nor MATE. Just cinnamon.

[mtwebster]

Closing due to inactivity. If you think this still might be an issue, see the instructions here to try a newer version. If the problem still exists, we'll reopen the issue.