Re: FC5 - dual display w/ GeForce2

I guess I don't understand. According to Nvida's web site,
http://www.nvidia.com/object/feature_twinview.html, twinview allows spanning
a desktop (KDE, Gnome, ..) across multiple monitors. If this is the case
Nothing ever shows up on my second monitor. What if the second monitor had
to be a different resolution? Sorry, this is not making since to me.

- Jamie

On 11/5/06, Lonni J Friedman <netllama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 11/5/06, Jamie Bohr <jamiebohr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It does not look like a second display is configured in your xorg.conffile.

Sure it is, that's what twinview is for. You might want to read the
driver README so that you'll understand.

>
>
> I installed it, restarted X and still had a single display. I ran

You should consider generating an nvidia-bug-report.log and posting on
nvnews.net.

> "nvidia-xconfig -a --twinview", it locked up X and I had to do a hard
reset.
> Should I try the open-source versions of the NVidia driver? Does that
work
> with the display config utility?

The nv X driver supports one display per GPU.

>
> - Jamie
>
>
> On 11/5/06, Lonni J Friedman <netllama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > You've got mess right now. It looks like your old multi-X screen
> > config is still there along with Twinview. Try the one i've attached
> > instead.
> >
> > On 11/5/06, Jamie Bohr < jamiebohr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I attached a fresh copy of my xorg.conf file. When I run
> "nvidia-xconfig -a
> > > --twinview" all references to the second display disappear. Thank
you
> Lonni
> > > for giving a suggestion.
> > >
> > > - Jamie
> > >
> > > On 11/5/06, Jamie Bohr <jamiebohr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > After running the command the settings for the second display are
> gone.
> > > Wished I created a backup.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 11/5/06, Lonni J Friedman < netllama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > On 11/5/06, Jamie Bohr < jamiebohr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > Hello All,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I put a GeForce2 MX/MX 400 NVidia card in a FC5 system today,
a
> gift
> > > from
> > > > > > from a friend. I am trying to get dual display working and am
not
> > > having
> > > > > > any luck. From the articles I've read the card is capable of
> > > supporting
> > > > > > dual displays. I installed the NVidia driver (from
NVidia). When
> X
> > > starts
> > > > > > the second display flickers them stops. I have two HP p1110
> displays
> > > > > > attached. I have attached my xorg.conf file for reference and
a
> > > screen shot
> > > > > > of the display settings. If I set the monitor types in
"Display
> > > Settings" X
> > > > > > will refuse to start. I can send the error logs if they would
be
> > > helpful.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have googled and tried a few things, none worked.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I would like to use two displays if I can.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thank you for your help,
> > > > > > --
> > > > >
> > > > > Redhat's tools are completely unaware of what the nvidia driver
can
> > > > > accomplish. If you want to use two displays, try running as
root:
> > > > > nvidia-xconfig -a --twinview
> > > > >
> > > > > and then restart X.


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