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dual monitors with nvidia - smorken - 2004-04-22


hi there

 

i am trying to get 2 monitors to work....i have so far done the following:

-updated my kernel

-downloaded and sucessfully installed the nvidia driver (works gr8 for 1 monitor)

 

now i am trying to insert the following into my X86Config and unfortunately it returns a parse error when i try to start x.

 

( from [/url][url=http://www.tek-tips.com/gviewthread.cfm/pid/54/qid/822031]http://www.tek-tips.com/gviewthread.cfm/pid/54/qid/822031 )

 

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "XFree86 Configured"

Screen 0 "Screen 0"

Screen 1 "Screen 1" LeftOf "Screen 0"

InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"

InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

.

.

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Section "Monitor"

Identifier "My Monitor 0"

VendorName "Unknown"

ModelName "Unknown"

HorizSync 31.5 - 82.0

VertRefresh 50 - 90

Option "dpms"

EndSection

 

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "My Monitor 1"

VendorName "Unknown"

ModelName "Unknown"

HorizSync 31.5 - 82.0

VertRefresh 50 - 90

Option "dpms"

EndSection

 

Section "Device"

Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 0"

Driver "nvidia"

BusId "PCI:1:0:0"

BoardName "Unknown"

Screen 0

EndSection

 

Section "Device"

Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 1"

Driver "nvidia"

BusId "PCI:1:0:0"

BoardName "Unknown"

Screen 1

EndSection

.

.

.

Section "Screen"

Identifier "Screen 0"

Device "NVIDIA GeForce 0"

Monitor "My Monitor 0"

DefaultDepth 24

Subsection "Display"

Depth 24

Modes "1280x1024"

EndSubSection

EndSection

 

Section "Screen"

Identifier "Screen 1"

Device "NVIDIA GeForce 1"

Monitor "My Monitor 1"

DefaultDepth 24

Subsection "Display"

Depth 24

Modes "1280x1024"

EndSubSection

EndSection




dual monitors with nvidia - smorken - 2004-04-22


I fixed the problem...just the text formatting

 

it works great now :)