If Twinview is not working, you need to post a bug report on nvnews.net. On 11/5/06, Jamie Bohr <jamiebohr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I guess I don't understand. According to Nvida's web site, http://www.nvidia.com/object/feature_twinview.html, twinview allows spanning a desktop (KDE, Gnome, ..) across multiple monitors. If this is the case Nothing ever shows up on my second monitor. What if the second monitor had to be a different resolution? Sorry, this is not making since to me. - Jamie On 11/5/06, Lonni J Friedman <netllama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 11/5/06, Jamie Bohr <jamiebohr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > It does not look like a second display is configured in your xorg.conf file. > > Sure it is, that's what twinview is for. You might want to read the > driver README so that you'll understand. > > > > > > > I installed it, restarted X and still had a single display. I ran > > You should consider generating an nvidia-bug-report.log and posting on > nvnews.net. > > > "nvidia-xconfig -a --twinview", it locked up X and I had to do a hard reset. > > Should I try the open-source versions of the NVidia driver? Does that work > > with the display config utility? > > The nv X driver supports one display per GPU. > > > > > - Jamie > > > > > > On 11/5/06, Lonni J Friedman <netllama@xxxxxxxxx > wrote: > > > > > > You've got mess right now. It looks like your old multi-X screen > > > config is still there along with Twinview. Try the one i've attached > > > instead. > > > > > > On 11/5/06, Jamie Bohr < jamiebohr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I attached a fresh copy of my xorg.conf file. When I run > > "nvidia-xconfig -a > > > > --twinview" all references to the second display disappear. Thank you > > Lonni > > > > for giving a suggestion. > > > > > > > > - Jamie > > > > > > > > On 11/5/06, Jamie Bohr < jamiebohr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > After running the command the settings for the second display are > > gone. > > > > Wished I created a backup. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 11/5/06, Lonni J Friedman < netllama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On 11/5/06, Jamie Bohr < jamiebohr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I put a GeForce2 MX/MX 400 NVidia card in a FC5 system today, a > > gift > > > > from > > > > > > > from a friend. I am trying to get dual display working and am not > > > > having > > > > > > > any luck. From the articles I've read the card is capable of > > > > supporting > > > > > > > dual displays. I installed the NVidia driver (from NVidia). When > > X > > > > starts > > > > > > > the second display flickers them stops. I have two HP p1110 > > displays > > > > > > > attached. I have attached my xorg.conf file for reference and a > > > > screen shot > > > > > > > of the display settings. If I set the monitor types in "Display > > > > Settings" X > > > > > > > will refuse to start. I can send the error logs if they would be > > > > helpful. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have googled and tried a few things, none worked. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I would like to use two displays if I can. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for your help, > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > Redhat's tools are completely unaware of what the nvidia driver can > > > > > > accomplish. If you want to use two displays, try running as root: > > > > > > nvidia-xconfig -a --twinview > > > > > > > > > > > > and then restart X. >
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