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hurrrtin
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 Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 6:55 am Post subject: Nvidia & Twinview annoying problem... |
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I am able to get twinview to work on my laptop with Geforce Go 6600, but there's a problem. I want the LCD to be the primary monitor, and the second I want to be the attached monitor on the vga-out port. This works. but if I restart X with the second monitor hooked up, the secondary monitor is now the primary, and the LCD is secondary. So I cannot see the login on my LCD. Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks much.
Here is the relevant info from my xorg.conf:
| Code: | Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen[0]"
Screen 1 "Screen[1]" RightOf "Screen[0]"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection
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Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor[0]" # Primary (LCD)
HorizSync 28.0 - 84.0
VertRefresh 60.0 - 70.0
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor[1]" #Secondary (CRT)
HorizSync 28.0 - 64.0
VertRefresh 60.0 - 75.0
EndSection
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Section "Device"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "Monitor[0]"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
EndSection
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Section "Device"
Identifier "Device[1]"
Driver "nvidia"
Screen 1
Option "TwinView" "true"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "Monitor[1]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
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Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Device "Device[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
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Section "Screen"
Device "Device[1]"
Identifier "Screen[1]"
Monitor "Monitor[1]"
DefaultDepth 24
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Twirlip of the Mists
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| Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:02 am Post subject: |
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| This is a known problem in the nvidia drivers. Nvidia has added an xorg config option for this to the 1.0.9xxx series of drivers, but these drivers are still in beta, and in my experience very unstable. They are in portage, however, so you could add "x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers" to /etc/portage/package.unmask and /etc/portage/package.keywords if you are willing to take the risk. |
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hurrrtin
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| Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:16 am Post subject: |
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| I already have the 1.0.9626 drivers installed, but before I try, is there & what do I need to add/change to implement this new fix? |
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Twirlip of the Mists
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| Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:28 am Post subject: |
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"TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" is the name of the config option. I believe that adding: | Code: | | Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP" |
to the device section of your xorg.conf will work. I'm not sure if I have this right, and I'm away from my gentoo machine at the moment. You might want to check the nvidia documentation (in /usr/share/doc/nvidia-drivers-<version>/) before you make any changes. |
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hurrrtin
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| Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:08 am Post subject: |
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| Thank you for your response. I am going to give this a shot when I get home tonight. Can you tell me, do I need to add this to each device, making the first one the DFP, and the second as CRT? |
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nianderson
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| Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:23 am Post subject: |
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Did you get that working?
Ive got a similar issue with my config. Well I did at one point anyway. I kept messing with it and now it wont display on both screens  At any rate when i do get it working again did adding that option move your primary display back?
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nianderson
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| Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:44 am Post subject: |
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Actually can you post your entire Xconfig?
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nianderson
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| Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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So I got my dual head working again.
And the screen is reverset 
Where do I put that new Twinview option? |
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nianderson
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| Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, Got it.
So here is my Xconfig for anyone else who might find it useful.
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Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "record"
Load "type1"
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
#todo: still needs synaptics setup
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto" # Auto detect
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
Option "Emulate3Buttons"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "TouchPad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
Option "RightEdge" "5300"
Option "TopEdge" "1700"
Option "BottomEdge" "4100"
Option "FingerLow" "25"
Option "FingerHigh" "30"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
#Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
#Option "HorizScrollDelta" "100"
Option "VertTwoFingerScroll" "1"
Option "HorizTwoFingerSroll" "1"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.09"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.27"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0020"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "UseShm" "true"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "HpMonitor"
VendorName "HP"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1680x1050"
#todo: modline and horiz/vert stuff is ignored by xorg, probably because they're wrong. it uses edid info and picks low low refresh rate settings...
HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0
VertRefresh 60.0 - 60.0
Option "dpms"
Modeline "1680x1050" 147.17 1680 1784 1968 2256 1050 1051 1054 1087
Modeline "1920x1200" 197.27 1920 2064 2272 2624 1200 1201 1204 1253
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Samsung17inchfp"
VendorName "Samsung"
ModelName "Samsung17"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia0"
Driver "nvidia"
VideoRam 524288
Option "NvAgp" "1"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
Option "RenderAccel" "True"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "True"
Option "AgpFastWrite" "True"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
Option "BackingStore" "True"
Option "Twinview" "true"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
Option "TwinviewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP,CRT"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "UseEdidFreqs"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "UseEdidFreqs"
#Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP, CRT"
#Option "MetaModes" "1680x1050,1024x768"
#Option "UseEdidFreqs" "False"
#Option "UseEdidDpi" "False"
#Option "ModeValidation" "NoEdidModes"
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
Screen 0
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "HpMonitor"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia1"
Driver "nvidia"
VideoRam 524288
Option "NvAgp" "1"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
Option "RenderAccel" "True"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "True"
Option "AgpFastWrite" "True"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "True"
Option "BackingStore" "True"
Option "Twinview" "true"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
#Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "UseEdidFreqs"
#Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "UseEdidFreqs"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "Samsung17inchfp"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
#Option "MetaModes" "1680x1050,1024x768"
#Option "UseEdidFreqs" "False"
#Option "UseEdidDpi" "False"
#Option "ModeValidation" "NoEdidModes"
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "nvidia0"
Monitor "HpMonitor"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
#Option "MetaModes" "1680x1050, 1024x768"
#Modes "1680x1050"
#Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
#ViewPort 0 0
#Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
#Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, CRT"
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "nvidia1"
Monitor "Samsung17inchfp"
#Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
Option "MetaModes" "1680x1050, 1024x768"
# Option "TwinviewXineramaInfoOrder" "1"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
#odes "1024x768"
#ViewPort 0 0
#Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
#Option "ConnectedMonitor" "dfp,dfp"
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "enable"
EndSection
#Section "ServerLayout"
#
# Identifier "Simple Layout"
#
# Screen "Screen 0"
# InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
# InputDevice "TouchPad" "AlwaysCore"
# InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
#
#EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "dual"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "TouchPad" "AlwaysCore"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
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