daul head with nvidia 4200ti

kiwi · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2003 12:07 am Post subject: daul head with nvidia 4200ti

may some one help me?
i need a working config -XFree86" that will support dual monitors

i have a dell 21" - secondary and an acer 17" lcd - primary

help

meowsqueak · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2003 12:40 am Post subject:

You need two video card sections, two monitor sections, two screen sections, and a ServerLayout section that ties them all together. Here's mine - perhaps you can use this as a starting point.

kiwi · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2003 12:51 am Post subject:

hmm,
its a start

meowsqueak · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2003 2:42 am Post subject:

Yup, it most definitely is. You've probably also noticed that it isn't a full X config file...

sweede · n00b Joined: 02 Jan 2003 Posts: 45

the Geforce 4 Ti4200 card is a dual output card. you dont need two device or monitor sections, but instead a couple of config options, most notably

Option "TwinView" "1"

You will need more options to get it fullly working

check out /usr/share/doc/nvidia-glx/readme (i think)

you also MUST use the nvidia driver, not the lame nv one supplied by XFree86

meowsqueak · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2003 3:51 am Post subject:

Ah, yes, I forgot about the dual outputs. I am actually using two separate video cards, if that isn't clear.

sweede · n00b Joined: 02 Jan 2003 Posts: 45

heh, ya i've had to do the two card thing until i got my ti4200 , it makes it soooooo much easier

kiwi · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2003 5:19 pm Post subject:

that is great,
could you post a working config file for XFree86
using two monitors on nvidia 4200ti