James Pifer wrote: > I'm hoping someone here can help me. I'm trying to get twinview or clone > working on my nvidia FX 5200 card on FC7. I have these nvidia packages > installed: > nvidia-graphics-devices-1.0-5.fc7 > nvidia-graphics9755-libs-1.0_9755-87.fc7 > nvidia-graphics-helpers-0.0.21-22.fc7 > nvidia-graphics9755-1.0_9755-87.fc7 > nvidia-graphics9755-kmdl-2.6.22.4-65.fc7-1.0_9755-87.fc7 > > Right now I have the display working on the SVideo port, but not on the > DVI. I would like to see the same display on both. > > A couple people on the mythtv list tried to help but they had > conflicting information. For example, I used one of their xorg.conf as a > template, which gave me two device and two screen sections. Then the > other guy said you should only have one of each. He made a couple > suggestions, but not specific so I had to trial and error. I asked if he > would share his xorg.conf and I never heard back. Maybe I still will > since it was only yesterday. > > Anyway, below is my current xorg.conf. Can anyone suggest any *specific* > changes to my xorg.conf that might get the display working on BOTH the > SVideo and DVI ports? I'm tried of trying million changes, reboot, try > again, etc... Did you try running nvidia-xconfig? Also, there is no reason to reboot. All you need do is hit Ctrl-Shift-Backspace to cause the Xserver to restart. > > Thanks, > James > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "single head configuration" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia" > ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions" > ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "dbe" > Load "extmod" > Load "fbdevhw" > Load "glx" > Load "record" > Load "freetype" > Load "type1" > Load "v4l" > Load "vnc" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > #Option "RenderAccel" "1" > # TV Out Setup > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "nvidia" > VendorName "Videocard vendor" > BoardName "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]" > Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV" > Option "TwinView" "True" > Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone" > Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M" > Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO" > Option "UseEvents" "True" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Videocard0" > DefaultDepth 24 > Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M" > Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV" > Option "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE" > Option "SecurityTypes" "VncAuth" > Option "UserPasswdVerifier" "VncAuth" > Option "PasswordFile" "/root/.vnc/passwd" > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > -- spagmumps, n.: Any of the millions of Styrofoam wads that accompany mail-order items. -- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends
