NV: No matching Device section for instance



Hello,

I've some troubles configuring my two video cards. The second screen stays black. The log file says that there is no matching device, but there is.

Thank you for your help,

Norbert Stuhrmann

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[root@port-192-168-64-22 norbert]# /sbin/lspci |grep VGA
01:07.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV4 [RIVA TNT] (rev 04)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV5 [RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro] (rev 11)
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xorg.conf:
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# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Multihead layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"
Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
Option "Xinerama" "on"
Option "Clone" "off"
EndSection

....

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Acer AL1703"
DisplaySize 340 270
HorizSync 30.0 - 82.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor 1280x1024"
HorizSync 31.5 - 79.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 90.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nv"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "nVidia Corporation NV5 [RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro]"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard1"
Driver "nv"
VendorName "Videocard Vendor"
BoardName "nVidia Corporation NV4 [RIVA TNT]"
BusID "PCI:1:7:0"
Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Videocard1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection

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Xorg.0.log:
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(II) LoadModule: "nv"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nv_drv.so
(II) Module nv: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
....
(II) NV: driver for NVIDIA chipsets: RIVA 128, RIVA TNT, RIVA TNT2,
Unknown TNT2, Vanta, RIVA TNT2 Ultra, RIVA TNT2 Model 64,
Aladdin TNT2, GeForce 256, GeForce DDR, Quadro, GeForce2 MX/MX 400,
GeForce2 MX 100/200, GeForce2 Go, Quadro2 MXR/EX/Go,
....
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 02:00:0
(WW) NV: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:7:0) found
(--) Chipset RIVA TNT2 found
(--) Chipset RIVA TNT found
....
(EE) Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section.
(II) UnloadModule: "nv"
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