Re: 2 monitors on Nvidia GeForce 5700LE using x.org
On Friday 22 July 2005 06:21 pm, [KS] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was trying out x.org to use 2 monitors with my Nvidia GeForce
> 5700LE. After tinkering with the xorg.conf, I finally got the two
> monitors running using the AGP and the DVI ports(with DVI-AGP
> converter). However, the desktop is like a widescreen now. Its
> 2560x1024@75Hz now with both monitors running half of it i.e.
> 1280x1024. Its like my earlier single monitor workspace is streched
> to double the size.
>
> It would be nice to have one workspace on each desktop. With a single
> workspace on 2monitors, I can't even play Tux Racer as the games
> screen is rendered half on each monitor. Can it be done? Also, with
> two different workspaces on the monitors would it be possible for
> each monitor to have different resolutions at different frequency.
>
> Any help would be highly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> /KS
>
> My current xorg.conf is below:
> Section "Files"
> 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/CID"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
> FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "bitmap"
> Load "dbe"
> Load "ddc"
> # Load "dri"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "freetype"
> Load "glx"
> Load "int10"
> Load "record"
> Load "type1"
> Load "vbe"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
> Driver "keyboard"
> Option "CoreKeyboard"
> Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "CorePointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700LE]"
> Driver "nvidia"
> #Driver "nv"
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Sony CPD E200"
> Option "DPMS"
> #HorizSync 30-75
> #VertRefresh 50-85
> HorizSync 30-85
> VertRefresh 48-120
> Modeline "1280x800@60" 83.91 1280 1312 1624 1656 800 816 824 841
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700LE]"
> Monitor "Sony CPD E200"
> DefaultDepth 24
>
> Option "NvAGP" "1"
> Option "TwinView" "true"
> Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30.0-70.0"
> Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50.0-160.0"
> Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024, 1280x1024; 1280x1024, 1280x1024;"
> Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
> Option "Xinerama" "on"
>
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 1
> Modes "1600x1200" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960"
> "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768"
> "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 4
> Modes "1600x1200" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960"
> "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768"
> "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1600x1200" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960"
> "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768"
> "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 15
> Modes "1600x1200" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960"
> "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768"
> "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1600x1200" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960"
> "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768"
> "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1600x1200" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960"
> "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768"
> "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Default Layout"
> Screen "Default Screen"
> InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
> InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
> Mode 0666
> EndSection
What you are seeing is the Xinerama feature, turn it 'off' to have two
separate screens.
Option "Xinerama" "on"
--
Greg Madden
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