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Hello,

 

I have posted on this earlier but now have encountered a new problem in getting twinview to work with my dual headed Nvidia 5700 Ultra. I am attempting to get it to run two dell 1800FP monitors but no matter what I do I cannot get the second monitor to do anything but clone or be garbled. I have properly installed the Nvidia drivers on the most up to date AMD 64 kernel and am able to get glx gears to work fine in the first monitor as well.

 

However, as I said the second monitor is either garbled or it just clones. I cannot get the mouse freed from the single monitor. Any thoughts? I desperately need this to work and have searched everywhere. Below is my XF86Config file.

 

# /.../

# XFree86 config file

# Created on: 2004-07-22T12:44:16-0500.

 

 

Section "Files"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest"

FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"

EndSection

 

Section "ServerFlags"

Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"

Option "RandR" "on"

EndSection

 

Section "Module"

Load "v4l"

Load "extmod"

Load "type1"

Load "freetype"

Load "dbe"

Load "speedo"

Load "glx"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Driver "Keyboard"

Identifier "Keyboard[0]"

Option "Protocol" "Standard"

Option "XkbLayout" "us"

Option "XkbModel" "pc104"

Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"

EndSection

 

 

Section "InputDevice"

Driver "mouse"

Identifier "Mouse[1]"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"

Option "Name" "Autodetection"

Option "Protocol" "explorerps/2"

Option "Vendor" "Sysp"

Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

EndSection

 

 

Section "Monitor"

Option "CalcAlgorithm" "CheckDesktopGeometry"

DisplaySize 360 287

HorizSync 62-64

Identifier "Monitor[0]"

ModelName "1280X1024@70HZ"

Option "DPMS"

VendorName "--> LCD"

VertRefresh 60

UseModes "Modes[0]"

EndSection

 

 

Section "Modes"

Identifier "Modes[0]"

Modeline "1280x1024" 114.54 1280 1360 1496 1712 1024 1025 1028 1062

Modeline "1280x1024" 134.72 1280 1368 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1068

Modeline "1024x768" 67.48 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 797

Modeline "1024x768" 79.52 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 801

Modeline "1280x1024" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync

EndSection

 

 

Section "Screen"

Identifier "TwinView"

Device "TwinView"

Monitor "Monitor[0]"

DefaultDepth 24

SubSection "Display"

Depth 24

EndSubSection

EndSection

 

 

Section "Device"

Identifier "TwinView"

VendorName "NVidia"

Driver "nvidia"

BusID "2:0:0"

Option "DPMS"

Option "TwinView" "1"

Option "IgnoreEDID" "1"

Option "RenderAccel" "1"

Option "CursorShadow" "1"

Option "NvAGP" "2"

Option "DigitalVibrance" "2"

Option "ConnectedMonitor" "dfp, dfp"

Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"

Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "62-64"

Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"

Option "Metamodes" "1280x1024, 1280x1024; 1024x768, 1024x768"

# Option "Metamodes" "1024x768, 1024x768"

# Option "HorizSync" "DFP-0: 62-64, DFP-1: 62-64"

# Option "VertRefresh" "DFP-0: 60, DFP-1: 60"

# Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-0, DFP-1"

EndSection

 

 

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "TwinView"

InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"

InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"

Option "blank time" "10"

Option "off time" "20"

# Option "Clone" "off"

# Option "Xinerama" "off"

Screen "TwinView"

EndSection

 

#Section "DRI"

# Group "video"

# Mode 0660

#EndSection

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I googled and found this twinview post which amongst some information about Nvidia drivers for this purpose used the following in their xf86Config:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
VendorName "nVidia"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "TwinView"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "31-82"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "55-120"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024,1280x1024; 1024x768,1024x768"
#Option "ConnectedMonitor" "crt,crt"
EndSection

 

Any good?

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Well I was able to solve my own problem but I had to install suse and fedora to get a working XF86Config file to support the twinView. I wanted to post my XF86Config file just incase it helps anyone else. Cheers and thanks for the help.

 

 

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

 

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "Multihead layout"

Screen "Screen0"

# Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0

InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"

InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"

Option "Xinerama" "off"

EndSection

 

Section "Files"

 

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the

# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally

# no need to change the default.

# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)

# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of

# the X server to render fonts.

RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

FontPath "unix/:7100"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/URW"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/misc:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/Type1"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin7/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/baekmuk:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/japanese:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/kwintv"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/uni:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/misc:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ucs/100dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/misc:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/75dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/100dpi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hellas/Type1"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/sgi:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/xtest"

FontPath "/opt/kde3/share/fonts"

EndSection

 

Section "Module"

Load "dbe"

Load "extmod"

Load "fbdevhw"

Load "glx"

Load "record"

Load "freetype"

Load "type1"

Load "dri"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

 

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))

# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"

# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.

# Option "XkbDisable"

# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the

# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.

# keyboard, you will probably want to use:

# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"

# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:

# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"

#

# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.

# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:

# Option "XkbLayout" "de"

# or:

# Option "XkbLayout" "de"

# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"

#

# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and

# control keys, use:

# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"

# Or if you just want both to be control, use:

# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"

#

Identifier "Keyboard0"

Driver "keyboard"

Option "XkbModel" "pc105"

Option "XkbLayout" "us"

EndSection

 

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Mouse0"

Driver "mouse"

Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"

EndSection

 

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "Monitor0"

VendorName "Monitor Vendor"

ModelName "Dell 1800FP (Digital)"

HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0

VertRefresh 56.0 - 85.0

Option "dpms"

EndSection

 

Section "Device"

Identifier "Videocard0"

Driver "nvidia"

Option "TwinView"

Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024,1280x1024; 1024x768,1024x768"

Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-70"

Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "56-85"

Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"

Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP,DFP"

VendorName "Videocard vendor"

BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"

EndSection

 

Section "Screen"

Identifier "Screen0"

Device "Videocard0"

Monitor "Monitor0"

DefaultDepth 24

SubSection "Display"

Viewport 0 0

Depth 24

Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubSection

EndSection

 

Section "DRI"

Group 0

Mode 0666

EndSection

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