[TriLUG] dual display help

[William Gomeringer]

I have dual display running with two DIFFERENT video cards, so I don't
know how much help I can provide. Here is my XF86Config-4. Yes, I had
tri-head at one point, just ignore that :)
William

Section "Module"
    SubSection  "extmod"
      Option    "omit xfree86-dga"   # don't initialise the DGA
extension
    EndSubSection

    Load        "extmod"
    Load        "dbe"
    Load        "type1"
#    Load        "speedo"
#    Load        "freetype"
    Load        "xtt"
    Load        "GLcore"
    Load        "glx"
    Load        "dri"
    Load        "Xrender"

EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
#    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
    ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard1"
    Driver      "Keyboard"
    Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
    Option "XkbRules"   "xfree86"
    Option "XkbModel"   "logiitc"
    Option "XkbLayout"  "us"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse1"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option       "ButtonNumber" "5"
    Option       "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option       "InputFashion" "Mouse"
    Option       "Name" "Autodetection"
    Option       "Protocol" "imps/2"
    Option       "Vendor" "Sysp"
    Option       "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "Monitor1"
    HorizSync   31 - 95
    VertRefresh 50 - 130
EndSection

#Section "Monitor"
#    Identifier  "Monitor3"
#    HorizSync   30 - 96
#    VertRefresh 50 - 130
#EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "Monitor2"
    HorizSync   30 - 85
    VertRefresh 48 - 120
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Device1"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    BusID       "PCI:0:14:0"
    #Option     "ForcePCIMode" "YES"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Device2"
    Driver      "radeon"
    BusID       "PCI:0:13:0"
    Option      "ForcePCIMode" "YES"
EndSection

#Section "Device"
#    Identifier "Device3"
#    Driver     "ati"
#    #BusID      "PCI:2:09:0"
#    #Option     "ForcePCIMode" "YES"
#EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen1"
    Device      "Device1"
    Monitor     "Monitor1"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "800x600"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen2"
    Device      "Device2"
    Monitor     "Monitor2"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "800x600"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth      16
        Modes       "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

#Section "Screen"
#    Identifier  "Screen3"
#    Device      "Device3"
#    Monitor     "Monitor3"
#    DefaultDepth 24
#    Subsection "Display"
#        Depth       8
#        Modes       "800x600"
#        ViewPort    0 0
#    EndSubsection
#    Subsection "Display"
#        Depth      16
#        Modes       "1280x1024"
#        ViewPort    0 0
#    EndSubsection
#    Subsection "Display"
#        Depth       24
#        Modes       "1024x768" "800x600"
#        ViewPort    0 0
#    EndSubsection
#EndSection


Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier  "Simple Layout"
    Screen "Screen1"
    Screen "Screen2" RightOf "Screen1"
    #Screen "Screen3" RightOf "Screen1"
    Option "Xinerama" "true"
    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection

On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 18:55, Merle Watts wrote:
> Just put a matrox G450 dual head in my linux box running mandrale 9.2. All I can get it to do is display the same screen on both monitors.  Tried to change this under configure your computer but it doesnt seem to want to change anything.  This configuration seems kind  of useless.
> 
> any ideas on how to change it?
> 
> Thanks
> 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
URL: <http://www.trilug.org/pipermail/trilug/attachments/20031222/29760e73/attachment.pgp>