[Solved(ish)] NVidia Twinview broken after upgrade...

[crazystick]

Hi,

Before updating to modular X, I had a working Twinview setup with CRT and cloned TV. I didn't change the config but now the TV is blank. CRT is still working fine, and nvidia module loads ok. I can't see any problems in the xorg log - twinview is claiming to be enabled and TV-OUT is connected. Any help appreciated.

NVidia module:

Sat Apr 29 14:46:08 2006 >>> media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.8756

Xorg.conf:

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "true"
EndSection

Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.

Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension

# This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables
# initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module.
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection

# This loads the font modules
Load "type1"
# Load "speedo"
Load "freetype"
# Load "xtt"

# This loads the GLX module
Load "glx"
# This loads the DRI module
# Load "dri"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"

# The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.


# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (which are concatenated together),
# as well as specifying multiple comma-separated entries in one FontPath
# command (or a combination of both methods)
#
#

FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local/"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo/"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TrueType/"
# FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/freefont/"

# The module search path. The default path is shown here.


EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Server flags section.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"

EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Input devices
# **********************************************************************

# **********************************************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"

Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"

Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:switch,lv3:switch,grp_led:scroll,caps:shift_nocancel,altwin:menu"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section
# **********************************************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse1"

Driver "evdev"
Option "Dev Name" "Logitech USB Receiver"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1"
Option "Buttons" "12"

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "My Monitor"
HorizSync 31.5 - 79.0
VertRefresh 50-90

EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

# Device configured by xorgconfig:

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVidia"
Driver "nvidia"
#VideoRam 262144
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate

Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
#Option "MetaModes" "800x600,800x600"
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024,800x600; 1024x768,800x600; 800x600,800x600"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT,TV"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
Option "TVStandard" "PAL-I"
Option "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"

Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "UseInt10Module" "true"
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "NVidia"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerLayout"

# The Identifier line must be present
Identifier "Simple Layout"

Screen "Screen 1"

InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

[crazystick]

turns out that it wasn't the upgrade to X but the newest nvidia drivers, or possibly an incompatibility between the two. I downgraded to nvidia-kernel-8178-r3 and things are working again. I guess I'll just wait a bit and try again!