On Tue, 2006-08-15 at 20:05 -0400, Frank Pineau wrote: > On Tue, 2006-08-15 at 16:51 -0400, David King wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-08-15 at 08:29 -0400, Greg Swallow wrote: > > > Am trying to setup six head box. X is known to have problems with ATI > > > ES1000 embedded video and other > > > video cards. Anyone tried a multi head with FC? > > > > Running a triple headed FC4 system using two cheapo Nvidia-based PCI > > cards. Had to use the proprietary driver packages off of livna.org to > > get it to work properly. > > > I'd love to see any Xorg.conf files for people doing multi-head with > nvidia cards (particularly with the Livna driver). I'm doing multi-head > on mine, but I'm not satisfied with the config. I'm sure there's a > better way to do it. Here you go: # XFree86 4 configuration to define my triple head system Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen 0 "Left" 0 0 Screen 1 "Center" RightOf "Left" Screen 2 "Right" RightOf "Center" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" # RgbPath is 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 (they are concatenated together) # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/nvidia" ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/extensions/nvidia" ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib64/modules" ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" FontPath "unix/:7100" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "fbdevhw" Load "record" Load "freetype" Load "type1" Load "glx" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "Xinerama" "on" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3" # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. # Option "XkbDisable" # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. # keyboard, you will probably want to use: # Option "XkbModel" "pc102" # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use: # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft" # # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting. # For example, a german layout can be obtained with: # Option "XkbLayout" "de" # or: # Option "XkbLayout" "de" # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" # # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and # control keys, use: # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" # Or if you just want both to be control, use: # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps" # Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "L190" VendorName "IBM" ModelName "ThinkVision L190" DisplaySize 382 302 HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0 VertRefresh 55.0 - 76.0 # Because X cannot read EDID on all monitors # These are all of the modes this display supports ... ModeLine "640x350_70.80" 20.3 640 648 712 784 350 351 354 365 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "640x480_59.90" 23.8 640 656 720 800 480 481 484 497 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "640x480_66.60" 27.1 640 664 728 816 480 481 484 499 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "640x480_72.80" 29.8 640 664 728 816 480 481 484 501 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "640x480_75.00" 30.7 640 664 728 816 480 481 484 502 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "720x400_70.10" 26.2 720 736 808 896 400 401 404 417 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "800x600_60.30" 38.4 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 622 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "800x600_72.10" 46.9 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 626 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "800x600_75.00" 48.9 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 627 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "832x624_74.50" 52.9 832 872 960 1088 624 625 628 652 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1024x768_60.00" 64.1 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1024x768_70.00" 76.2 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 800 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1024x768_75.00" 81.8 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 802 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1152x870_75.00" 105.7 1152 1224 1352 1552 870 871 874 908 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1152x900_65.90" 94.6 1152 1224 1344 1536 900 901 904 935 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1280x1024_60.00" 108.9 1280 1360 1496 1712 1024 1025 1028 1060 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1280x1024_70.00" 128.9 1280 1368 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1066 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1280x1024_75.00" 138.5 1280 1368 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1069 -hsync +vsync ModeLine "1280x1024_76.00" 141.8 1280 1376 1512 1744 1024 1025 1028 1070 -hsync +vsync Option "dpms" "true" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "Jaton" BoardName "Video-198PCI-64TV" Option "RenderAccel" "true" BusID "PCI:05:07:0" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Card1a" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "Jaton" BoardName "Video-198PCI-64Twin" Option "RenderAccel" "true" BusID "PCI:05:08:0" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Card1b" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "Jaton" BoardName "Video-198PCI-64Twin" Option "RenderAccel" "true" BusID "PCI:05:08:0" Screen 1 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Center" Device "Card0" Monitor "L190" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024_60.00" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Left" Device "Card1a" Monitor "L190" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024_60.00" EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Right" Device "Card1b" Monitor "L190" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024_60.00" EndSubSection EndSection -- David King dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx
