[Scottish] Twin Displays with Presario R3000
Alistair Ross
ajross at xbolt.net
Sat Oct 15 14:34:19 BST 2005
Hi,
TwinView is actually your friend, you just need to specify orientation
etc and you can have two seperate displays.
The following configuration is my setup. My setup splits the display,
eg, I have a wide workspace, spanning two monitors.
It's actually easier to get it to do what you want than what I have set
up here, just experiment with the Screen options until you get it right.
The Nvidia monitor tools which should come with your driver are also a
great help in getting started.
Regards,
Alistair Ross
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration
Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection
#
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "GeForce FX 5200"
# Driver "nv"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
VideoRam 131072
Option "TwinView" "true"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "true"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
# Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024, 1280x1024; 1600x1200, 1024x768;
1024x768,NULL; 800x600,NULL; 640x480,NULL;"
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024, 1280x1024; 1024x768,NULL; 800x600,NULL;
640x480,NULL;"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, CRT"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-70"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50-120"
Option "NoLogo"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "IIyama Vision Master P400"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 27-96
VertRefresh 50-160
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Belinea 10 30 20"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-70
VertRefresh 50-120
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "GeForce FX 5200"
Monitor "IIyama Vision Master P400"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
#Modes "2624x1968" "1600x1200" "1280x960" "1600x1200" "1024x768" "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 2"
Device "GeForce FX 5200"
Monitor "Belinea 10 30 20"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
#Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Screen 1"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
#Section "Extensions"
# uncomment next line for transparency and other funky stuff
# Option "Composite" "Enable"
#EndSection
Chase wrote:
> Hay,
> Im having problem running my laptop with the laptop display and a
> external monitor. Ive tryed to configure xorg (see attached) but all i can
> get is both monitors to display the same thing in the same resolution.
> Where as i need to have both monitors showing the same display but with
> diffrent resolutions. I dont know what im doing wrong to get this to work.
> In the device section of the config file is TwinView options i
> commented
> out, while they work, i would rather have both displays show the same
> information and with the TwinView i couldnt make the laptop the main
> display. So all KDE's windows and menus were being displayed on the
> external monitor.
> I am unsure what information you need, so i have just included the xorg
> file, if you need to see any other config files please just ask and ill
> send the to you. If anyone can please help me it would be much appreciated.
>
> #/etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
>
> Section "Files"
> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
> FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
> # paths to defoma fonts
> FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
> FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Module"
> Load "GLcore"
> Load "i2c"
> Load "bitmap"
> Load "ddc"
> Load "dri"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "freetype"
> Load "glx"
> Load "int10"
> Load "type1"
> Load "vbe"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "CoreKeyboard"
> Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
> Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "CorePointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
> Driver "synaptics"
> Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 420 Mac 32M/GeForce
> 440 Go
> 64M]"
> Driver "nvidia"
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> # below added for multi-head
> # Option "TwinView"
> # Option "IgnoreEDID" "on"
> # Option "HorizSync" "DFP-0: 28-64; CRT-0: 24-80"
> # Option "VertRefresh" "DFP-0: 43-60; CRT-0: 55-75"
> # Option "MetaModes" "DFP-0: 1280x800, CRT-0: 1280X1024"
> # Option "TwinViewOrientation" "DFP-0 LeftOf CRT-0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Generic Monitor"
> Option "DPMS"
> HorizSync 28-64
> VertRefresh 43-60
> Modeline "1280x800 at 60" 83.91 1280 1312 1624 1656 800 816 824 841
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "External Monitor"
> Option "DPMS"
> HorizSync 23-80
> VertRefresh 55-75
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "External Screen"
> Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 420 Mac 32M/GeForce
> 440 Go
> 64M]"
> Monitor "External Monitor"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 1
> Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
> "720x400" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 4
> Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
> "720x400" "640x480
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
> "720x400" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 15
> Modes "280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
> "720x400" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
> "720x400" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600"
> "720x400" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 420 Mac 32M/GeForce
> 440 Go
> 64M]"
> Monitor "Generic Monitor"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 1
> Modes "1280x800"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 4
> Modes "1280x800"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1280x800"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 15
> Modes "1280x800"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1280x800"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1280x800"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Default Layout"
> Screen 0 "Default Screen"
> Screen 1 "External Screen"
> InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
> InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
> InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
> Mode 0666
> EndSection
>
>
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