Dual monitors in X won't work

[StarTiger]

I just added another monitor to my MSI gForce FX 5500. It worked fairly well with just the one monitor, but when i connected the 2nd and booted up, it boots fine, but as soon as it kicks into X to start trhe login menu, one screen goes totally blank, and tho other one has the whole screen scrunched down to 2 inches in the center and it's all out of phase, so you cant make out anything.

And so you don't ask, I installed the latest driver packge form Nvidia about a week befor i put on the 2nd monitor.

Any ideas?

[gehidore]

look around on the forum here for twinview

[EnigmaOne]

...and xinerama

[gehidore]

Originally posted by EnigmaOne
...and xinerama

twinview requires xinerama (last time I messed around with it) :p

[EnigmaOne]

You're one-up on me there, gehidore.
I've never done anything but Matrox cards...well, there were those Tseng Labs cards, back in the early 90's...but they really don't count. :D

[gehidore]

Originally posted by EnigmaOne
You're one-up on me there, gehidore.
I've never done anything but Matrox cards...well, there were those Tseng Labs cards, back in the early 90's...but they really don't count. :D

Heh, I remember those :p ...

[blobaugh]

i haven't setup dual monitors under linux yet, but i think you will probably wind up editing your xorg.conf or XF86Config file

[toolshed]

xorg.conf, but should work XFree86 file. Just edit your cards in...xinerama is needed. 2.6 kernel mods as well and imwheelrc mods(5 button mouse)

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
Load "xtrap"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
#Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
Option "Buttons" "7"

EndSection

Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize 360 270 # mm
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "SAM"
ModelName "4f26"
#i added this below from fc1 file
HorizSync 30.0 - 96.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
### Uncomment if you don't want to default to DDC:
# HorizSync 30.0 - 96.0
# HorizSync 13878.0 - 0.0
# VertRefresh 50.0 - 0.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize 380 290 # mm
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "SGI"
ModelName "100"
Option "DPMS"
#i added the below from fc1 file
HorizSync 30.0 - 80.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
#Option "UseFBDev" # [<bool>]
#Option "Rotate" # [<str>]
#Option "VideoKey" # <i>
#Option "FlatPanel" # [<bool>]
#Option "FPDither" # [<bool>]
#Option "CrtcNumber" # <i>
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nv"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NV20 [GeForce3 Ti 200]"
BusID "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "UsePIO" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>]
#Option "VideoKey" # <i>
#Option "NoSLI" # [<bool>]
#Option "TexturedVideo" # [<bool>]
#Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "tdfx"
VendorName "3Dfx Interactive, Inc."
BoardName "Voodoo 3"
BusID "PCI:0:13:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection