FreeLists / mlug / [mlug] Re: X dual head

[Dan Sikorski <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I do it with the nvidia binary driver.  3200x1200 on dual 21" monitors
is bliss. See my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 below. You'll see that i have
single monitor configurations in there so that when i play a game
(return to castle wolfensten, Unreal Tournament 2003, quake3, etc.) it
will switch to a single monitor, and not put half of the display on one
screen and half on the other. I could play those games dual-head, but i
find having half of my crosshair on one screen and half on the other to
be very distracting.

        -Dan Sikorski


Section "Files"
        FontPath        "unix/:7110"                    # True Type fonts
        FontPath        "unix/:7100"                    # local font server
        # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load    "bitmap"
        Load    "dbe"
        Load    "ddc"
        Load    "extmod"
        Load    "freetype"
        Load    "glx"
        Load    "int10"
        Load    "pex5"
        Load    "record"
        Load    "speedo"
        Load    "type1"
        Load    "vbe"
        Load    "xie"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
        Driver          "keyboard"
        Option          "CoreKeyboard"
        Option          "XkbRules"      "xfree86"
        Option          "XkbModel"      "pc104"
        Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "CorePointer"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/gpmdata"
        Option          "Protocol"              "IntelliMouse"
        Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier "NV AGP TwinView"
        VendorName "nvidia"
        Driver "nvidia"
        Option "TwinView"
        Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync"         "31-125" 
        Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh"       "50-160"
        Option "TwinViewOrientation"            "RightOf"
        Option "MetaModes"                      "1600x1200,1600x1200; 
NULL,1600x1200;
1280x1024,1280x1024; NULL,1280x1024; 1152x864,1152x864; NULL,1152x864;
1024x768,1024x768; NULL,1024x768; 800x600,800x600; NULL,800x600;
640x480,640x480; NULL,640x480"
        Option "ConnectedMonitor"         "crt,crt"
        Option "DigitalVibrance" "2"
        Option "CursorShadow" "on"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Generic Monitor"
        HorizSync       31-125
        VertRefresh     50-160
        Option          "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen AGP TwinView"
        Device "NV AGP TwinView"
        Monitor "Generic Monitor"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           8
                Modes           "1600x1200" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" 
"1024x768"
"800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           16
                Modes           "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
"800x600"
"640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
"800x600"
"640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier      "AGP TwinView"
        Screen          "Screen AGP TwinView"   
        InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
        InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
EndSection


On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 10:41, Robert Good wrote:
> Have you tried using the drivers from Nvidia? Or are you trying to avoid
> them?  Anyway if you aren't against using them, you might have better
> luck with them over the Xfree86 drivers.
> 
> -Rob
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 06:02, Russell Shaw wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Has anyone got an nvidia card working in dual-head mode
> > with the XFree86 nv driver? I can get one or the other
> > outputs working, but not both simultaneously.
> > 
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