Nvidia Control Panel conflicts with DisplayLink

BorisTheSpider · 12-01-2012, 01:48 PM

Hi,

I just installed displaylink for a lilliput monitor I have. My main monitors are a set of 3 BenQs using nvidia surround.

I'm having a problem with the nvidia control panel, here it is right after boot today, with displaylink installed, and the 3 monitors in portrait surround:

As you can see, two things are wrong - first, there is no "Configure SLI, PhysX, Surround" section. Also, there is a "set up stereoscopic 3D" section, which actually should not be there, since my monitors are in portrait at the moment, and although I do have the nvidia 3d vision kit and my monitors are 3D surround capable, 3D does not work in portrait (on any monitors) due to polarisation issues.

Also, if I go into the "Set up multiple displays" section, nothing is there - I can't see (or configure) anything in there.

If I unplug the displaylink monitor, the control panel menu returns to normal:

In this state, I am able to configure everything in the normal way.

However, if I replug the displaylink monitor at this point, the menu stays the same (the stereoscopic 3d section remains hidden, and the link to configure SLI, PhysX and Surround remains there), but if I click through into some of the menu sections, like for example "Change Resolution" there is nothing there - it's just a blank, drop down box where you'd choose a resolution and refresh rate.

I also noticed that before unplugging and replugging the displaylink monitor, when I first booted up, windows were maximizing to the entire set of surround displays (spanning all 3), this isn't what should happen - they should maximize to only one display, as the nvidia driver catches the maximize somehow, so that even though windows is seeing the 3 displays as one big display (in this case 3240x1920) the window maximizes to, for example, 1080x1920. After the unplug and replug of the displaylink monitor, the normal behaviour of maximizing to only one monitor has returned.

Displaylink drivers are 7.0M3, nvidia drivers are 306.79 WHQL and cards are 3x GTX580

12-01-2012, 01:48 PM	#1
BorisTheSpider Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 2	nvidia control panel problems with displaylink installed Hi, I just installed displaylink for a lilliput monitor I have. My main monitors are a set of 3 BenQs using nvidia surround. I'm having a problem with the nvidia control panel, here it is right after boot today, with displaylink installed, and the 3 monitors in portrait surround: As you can see, two things are wrong - first, there is no "Configure SLI, PhysX, Surround" section. Also, there is a "set up stereoscopic 3D" section, which actually should not be there, since my monitors are in portrait at the moment, and although I do have the nvidia 3d vision kit and my monitors are 3D surround capable, 3D does not work in portrait (on any monitors) due to polarisation issues. Also, if I go into the "Set up multiple displays" section, nothing is there - I can't see (or configure) anything in there. If I unplug the displaylink monitor, the control panel menu returns to normal: In this state, I am able to configure everything in the normal way. However, if I replug the displaylink monitor at this point, the menu stays the same (the stereoscopic 3d section remains hidden, and the link to configure SLI, PhysX and Surround remains there), but if I click through into some of the menu sections, like for example "Change Resolution" there is nothing there - it's just a blank, drop down box where you'd choose a resolution and refresh rate. I also noticed that before unplugging and replugging the displaylink monitor, when I first booted up, windows were maximizing to the entire set of surround displays (spanning all 3), this isn't what should happen - they should maximize to only one display, as the nvidia driver catches the maximize somehow, so that even though windows is seeing the 3 displays as one big display (in this case 3240x1920) the window maximizes to, for example, 1080x1920. After the unplug and replug of the displaylink monitor, the normal behaviour of maximizing to only one monitor has returned. Displaylink drivers are 7.0M3, nvidia drivers are 306.79 WHQL and cards are 3x GTX580 Last edited by BorisTheSpider; 12-01-2012 at 05:05 PM.