Problem with NVidia card and dual display in FC 3

From: Chamil Thanthrimudalige (chamilt_at_gmail.com)
Date: 12/23/04

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    Hi,

    I submited this to the fedora-desktop-list and was instructed to ask
    here. So I just subscribed to this list.

    I installed a fresh copy of FC3 on my machine. The default nv drivers
    work fine. But I can't get dual head working with nv drivers by
    editing xorg.conf. "system-config-display" does not do any thing when
    I select "Use dual head" and click ok. Then I cancel to go out of the
    screen.

    So I do a init 3 install the NVidia drivers from the site. Change
    xorg.conf and then do a init 5 and my dual display works fine. But
    when I reboot the system it does not work. With out the intial
    graphical part I can go upto the login screen and then when X starts
    it says that displays were found but non have a usable configuration.

    Please note that I can use the below configuration file and work on
    the system with out rebooting after the instalation of the drivers
    from the NVidia site.

    My Card is Asus V9400 Gamer Edition which used NVidia "MX 4000" GPU.

    My xorg.conf is as below.

    Best Regards,
    Chamil Thanthrimudalige.

    =============================
    # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

    Section "ServerLayout"
            Identifier "single head configuration"
            Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
            InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
            InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    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"
    EndSection

    Section "Module"
            Load "dbe"
            Load "extmod"
            Load "fbdevhw"
            Load "glx"
            Load "record"
            Load "freetype"
            Load "type1"
    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 "kbd"
            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 "E50c"
            DisplaySize 280 210
            HorizSync 30.0 - 54.0
            VertRefresh 50.0 - 120.0
            Option "dpms"
            Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30.0 - 54.0"
            Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50.0 - 120.0"
            Option "SecondMonitorDisplaySize" "280 210"
            Option "TwinView" "true"
            Option "MetaModes" "1024x768,1024x768"
            Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, CRT"
            Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
            Option "MetaModes" "1024x768,1024x768"
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
            Identifier "Videocard0"
            Driver "nvidia"
            VendorName "Videocard vendor"
            BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX (generic)"
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
            Identifier "Screen0"
            Device "Videocard0"
            Monitor "Monitor0"
            DefaultDepth 24
            SubSection "Display"
                    Viewport 0 0
                    Depth 16
                    Modes "800x600" "640x480"
            EndSubSection
            SubSection "Display"
                    Viewport 0 0
                    Depth 24
                    Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
            EndSubSection
    EndSection

    Section "DRI"
            Group 0
            Mode 0666
    EndSection

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