xorg screen configuration

manleyd · n00b Joined: 23 Jul 2003 Posts: 61 Location: England

I have a monitor which has both a VGA and a DVI connector and allows switching between the two sources. I would like to be able to connect it to my notebook and to my my desk computer.

The notebook has a VGA port only.

The desk computer has an ASUS nVidia Geforce 8500GT which has two ports, the first is a VGA and the second a DVI. If I can get it to use the second port my problem is solved.

It boots up fine on the DVI cable but as soon as Xorg starts the screen goes blank. X comes up if I switch to VGA.

I have tried inserting Screen = 1 in the Device section of xorg.conf but then X crashes with Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section and then no screens found.

Does anyone have a working Xorg setup that uses the second port only? If so can you please post your xorg.conf so that I can model my configuration on yours?

Thanks

absoluteflatness · Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject:

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manleyd · n00b Joined: 23 Jul 2003 Posts: 61 Location: England

Thanks for the tip absoluteflatness. Xorg now comes up on the DVI port. However it comes up at a lousy 640x480 resolution. It ignores my screen modes.

Here is my xorg.conf: