Dual Monitor Configuration - What Am I Missing?

From: Scarletdown (gsutton9503_at_wavecable.com)
Date: 10/21/04

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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:01:50 -0700

    I am trying to get my system set up to be able to output to the TV (an
    old Amiga monitor connected to a VCR). Yesterday, I went ahead and
    purchased an S-Video to composite adapter and ran a cable from the
    S-Video Out port on my video card (NVidia Geforce 5600FX) to the video
    in port on the VCR.

    When I rebooted, I was able to watch the boot process on the TV (kinda
    cool in a geeky way). But when the system tried to load the X-Server,
    the screens (both the TV and my primary monitor, which is a Trinitron
    Multiscan 17Se set to 1280x1024-24 Bit Color) flashed the NVidia logo a
    few times and then crashed back to the console. If it helps
    troubleshooting any, here are the relevant lines from my XF86Config-4
    file... So, what do I have configured incorrectly here?

    Section "ServerLayout"
      Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
      Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
      # Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0
      InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
      InputDevice "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"
      #InputDevice "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
     #InputDevice "Serial Mouse" "CorePointer"
    EndSection

    Section "ServerFlags"
      Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
    EndSection

    Section "Files"
      RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
      ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
      FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled"
      FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
      FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
      FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
      FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
      FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
      FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
      FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX"
      FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
    # True type and type1 fonts
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-xfree86-nonfree"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/java"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
      FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts"
      FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
      FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/CID"
      FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
      FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
      FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"

    EndSection

    Section "Module"
      Load "ddc"
     #Load "GLcore" # disable for official nvidia driver
      Load "dbe"
     #Load "dri" # disable for official nvidia driver
      Load "extmod"
      Load "glx"
      Load "bitmap"
      Load "speedo"
      Load "type1"
      Load "freetype"
      Load "record"
    EndSection

    Section "Monitor"
      Identifier "Monitor0"
      HorizSync 30.0 - 82.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
      VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0 # Very conservative. May flicker.
      Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
    #60Hz
      Modeline "800x600" 40.12 800 848 968 1056 600 601 605 628
    #60Hz
      Modeline "1024x768" 75 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806
    -hsync -vsync
      Modeline "1024x768" 85 1024 1056 1152 1360 768 784 787 823
      ModeLine "1152x864" 65 1152 1168 1384 1480 864 865 875 985
    Interlace
      Modeline "1152x864" 92 1152 1208 1368 1474 864 865 875 895
      Modeline "1152x864" 110 1152 1240 1324 1552 864 864 876 908
      Modeline "1152x864" 135 1152 1464 1592 1776 864 864 876 908
      Modeline "1152x864" 137.65 1152 1184 1312 1536 864 866 885 902
    -HSync -VSync
      Modeline "1280x1024" 80 1280 1296 1512 1568 1024 1025 1037 1165
    Interlace
      Modeline "1280x1024" 110 1280 1328 1512 1712 1024 1025 1028 1054
      Modeline "1280x1024" 126.5 1280 1312 1472 1696 1024 1032 1040 1068
    -HSync -VSync
      Modeline "1280x1024" 135 1280 1312 1456 1712 1024 1027 1030 1064
      Modeline "1280x1024" 135 1280 1312 1416 1664 1024 1027 1030 1064
      Modeline "1280x1024" 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072
    +HSync +VSync
      Modeline "1280x1024" 181.75 1280 1312 1440 1696 1024 1031 1046 1072
    -HSync -VSync
      Modeline "1400x1050" 129 1400 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 1054 1100
    +HSync +VSync
      Modeline "1600x1200" 162 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250
    +HSync +VSync
      Modeline "1600x1200" 189 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250
    -HSync -VSync
      Modeline "1600x1200" 202.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250
    +HSync +VSync
      Modeline "1600x1200" 220 1600 1616 1808 2080 1200 1204 1207 1244
    +HSync +VSync
      ModeLine "1800x1440" 230 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490
    +HSync +VSync
      ModeLine "1800x1440" 250 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490
    +HSync +VSync

      Identifier "Monitor1"
      HorizSync 30.0 - 50.0
      VertRefresh 60.0
      Modeline "640x480" 25.175 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
    #60Hz
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
     #Option "sw_cursor" # needed for some ati cards
     #Option "hw_cursor"
     #Option "NoAccel"
     #Option "ShowCache"
     #Option "ShadowFB"
     #Option "UseFBDev"
     #Option "Rotate"
     #Option "NoUseBios" # needed for some Savage cards
    # nvidia special options, use with care
      Option "CursorShadow" "1"
      Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "63"
      Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "2"
      Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "4"
      Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = native"
      Option "NoLogo" "false"
      Option "IgnoreEdid" "true" # needs to be true for some nvidia cards
      Identifier "Card0"
      Driver "nvidia"
      VendorName "All"
      BoardName "All"
     #BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
      Identifier "Screen0"
      Device "Card0"
      Monitor "Monitor0"
      DefaultColorDepth 24
      SubSection "Display"
      Depth 1
      Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
      EndSubSection
      SubSection "Display"
      Depth 4
      Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
      EndSubSection
      SubSection "Display"
      Depth 8
      Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
      EndSubSection
      SubSection "Display"
      Depth 15
      Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
      EndSubSection
      SubSection "Display"
      Depth 16
      Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
      EndSubSection
      SubSection "Display"
      Depth 24
      Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
      EndSubSection
      SubSection "Display"
      Depth 32
      Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
      EndSubSection

      Identifier "Screen1"
      Device "Card0"
      Monitor "Monitor1"
      DefaultColorDepth 24
      SubSection "Display"
      Depth 24
      Modes "640x480"
      EndSubSection

      # Only the official NVIDIA driver supports twinview
      # these setting are an example
       Option "TwinView" "true"
       Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
       Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
       Option "MetaModes" "640x480, NULL"
       Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
       Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
       Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
       Option "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"
    EndSection

    Section "DRI"
      Mode 0666
    EndSection 

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