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servo888
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 Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:04 am Post subject: Dual Screen Issues... |
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I'm having some issues with my laptops dual screen setup (CRT as primary and onboard LCD as secondary). Right now the way it's setup is that when I startx and kde loads, one desktop loads on one monitor, and another desktop loads on another monitor. So no twinview is used. Now the issue I'm having is that I want to swap the desktops...
What I need to do is figure out a way to swap the primary and secondary monitors. Obviously I cannot swap cables because it's a laptop... I'm using the nvidia drivers, so maybe there is a way.
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daff
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:46 am Post subject: |
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Since you're using the Nvidia drivers you should have a look at the official README file provided by Nvidia. The option TwinviewOrientation is probably what you need to look into. Also have a look at this thread about Twinview-related troubles, I posted a working configuration there, could be useful for you.
HTH.
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servo888
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| Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not using twinview, that's the problem. =-\
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daff
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Your laptop has a VGA port and an Nvidia graphics chip on board, presumably some GeForce Go. That should qualify you to use Twinview, so why don't you?
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VoVaN
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| Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:31 am Post subject: |
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I think "UseDisplayDevice" should help in your case. The example is bellow.
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Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia-0"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP-0"
Option "NvAGP" "1"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "DigitalVibrance" "0"
Option "Nologo" "true"
Option "backingstore" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia-1"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "CRT-0"
Option "NvAGP" "1"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "DigitalVibrance" "0"
Option "Nologo" "true"
Option "backingstore" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
EndSection
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servo888
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| VoVaN wrote: | I think "UseDisplayDevice" should help in your case. The example is bellow.
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Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia-0"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP-0"
Option "NvAGP" "1"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "DigitalVibrance" "0"
Option "Nologo" "true"
Option "backingstore" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia-1"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "CRT-0"
Option "NvAGP" "1"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "DigitalVibrance" "0"
Option "Nologo" "true"
Option "backingstore" "true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
EndSection
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Yes it worked! ahahah! I'm so happy Thanks a bunch!
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cyrxi
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I have been looking for this for what seems like forever I had actually given up, but since I recently moved my monitors around, I decided to try to look for it again. I'm going to test this out the second I get home tonight. *crosses fingers*
| daff wrote: | | Your laptop has a VGA port and an Nvidia graphics chip on board, presumably some GeForce Go. That should qualify you to use Twinview, so why don't you? |
Because not everyone likes/wants Twinview!
I switch between a laptop screen / CRT setup to a laptop screen / projector setup quite frequently and I need something that handles different resolutions across different displays (which was a mess back when I used Windows). The only thing I lose is being able to drag things easily between the two displays, but once you get used to opening what you want on the proper display in the first place, it's not really a big deal and quite often simplifies things (especially in the case of watching movies on the projector). I originally set it up this way just to try it out and I've never really thought of going back, there's just something nice about having two independent desktops.
UPDATE:
It works!!!!!!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you! |
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