Subj : Re: Newbie: getting nVidia DualView to work!
To   : comp.os.linux
From : po
Date : Tue Aug 10 2004 04:44 pm

Willem van der Berg <no@onehere.com> wrote in message news:<4116412e$0$2311$fb624cd1@morenews.zeelandnet.nl>...
> Hello,
> 
> I've finally decided to take the plunge with Linux, after more than 12 
> years of DOS/Windows. I find myself right back in the newbie category 
> and I'm anxious to get out! However, I need some help...
> 
> I have installed SuSE Linux 9.0 Professional. I have managed to install 
> KDE 3.2. My hardware seems to be working more or less okay. There are 
> still issues, one of them with my videocard.
> 
> I've got the nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4400 128 MB videocard, correctly 
> identified by Linux. I've installed nVidia's drivers and 3D features are 
> enabled. I've got a Dell 1504FP TFT monitor and a IIyama Vision Master 
> Pro 411 CRT monitor connected.
> 
> On my XP partition the TFT monitor is the main screen, the CRT monitor 
> serves as secondary. Unfortunately, on Linux my CRT monitor is the only 
> one found and used as main screen. Whenever I try to change my settings 
> in YaST2/Sax2, I get this error:
> 
> Monitor (0) with ID: Dell300D not found
> Please setup your monitor manually. Do you want to start the 
> configuration dialog to setup the display now?
> 
> Clicking Yes only seems to allow me to change the settings for the CRT 
> monitor. I can't seem to add a second monitor or anything.
> 
> Frankly I don't have a clue on how to proceed and would really 
> appreciate some help. I just want TFT + CRT to work again, switching to 
> TV + TFT and back would be perfect.
> 
> I hope someone can help me with this question. Many thanks in advance!
> 
> Willem van der Berg
> 
> p.s. if you require more information, feel free to ask. I'm not sure 
> what to provide cos I'm a newbie :)

Hi,

I don't know how to do this using GUI tools, but it is relatively easy
to make a dualhead setup by directly editing the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
file. Basically, you make two Monitor sections there, two Screen
sections, two device/video card sections, and then in the ServerLayout
section link them like this together:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Multihead"
    Screen Screen0
    Screen "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
    Option "Xinerama" "on"
    Option "Clone" "off"
EndSection

More details can be found here:
http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Xinerama-HOWTO.html

Cheers,
Peter

www.dialore.com

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