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l33t
Joined: 10 Feb 2003
Posts: 613
Location: Portland, OR
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 Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 1:50 pm Post subject: Dual Monitors, Second Screen Choppy with nvidia PCI card |
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I am running a dual monitor setup with 2 video cards, one being an nvidia 5500 AGP card DVI out to an LCD, the second card is a PCI nvidia GF MX4000 64MB also running DVI to an identical LCD.
I'm using a PCI card as the second card because I prefer both monitors to be connected via DVI.
The problem, however, is that I use the right screen to play movies / watch tv via tvtime while the left screen browses the web etc. As soon as the machine is under the smallest bit of strain, the screen starts to get choppy. If I move it to the main screen, it does not do this.
I could try buying a 128MB nvidia PCI card, but I really think a 64MB card should be enough to do simple tv and DVD watching...
I am using the newest binary nvidia driver (the older stable driver wouldn't work for the second card for some reason).
Here is my xorg.conf:
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Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/freefont"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/sharefonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/terminus"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/unifont"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/artwiz"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "en_US"
Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "Flat Panel 1280x1024"
HorizSync 31.5-67
HorizSync 50-75
VertRefresh 75
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor2"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "Flat Panel 1280x1024"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "nVidia"
BoardName "NV34"
Driver "nvidia"
VideoRam 131072
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "device2"
VendorName "nVidia"
BoardName "NV18"
Driver "nvidia"
VideoRam 65536
BusID "PCI:1:8:0"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen2"
Device "device2"
Monitor "monitor2"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1280 1024
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
#Option "Xinerama" "on"
Option "Clone" "off"
Screen 0 "screen1" 0 0
Screen 1 "screen2" RightOf "screen1"
EndSection
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Any ideas to help, or should I really try buying a 128MB card? |
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