-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/17/2011 04:19 PM, Sam Sharpe wrote: > 2011/1/17 ????? <supergiantpotato@xxxxxxxxxxx>: >> --- Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> Has anyone gotten three heads set up with Fedora? I >>> figure it will >>> require the proprietary driver, and while that is >>> not optimal, I'm >>> willing to do it. I really want to have three >>> monitors set up. >>> >>> If so, how'd you do it? >> >> I installed Fedora 14 with just the VGA on-board video >> running first, then plugged the others in after install... >> and everything just worked on reboot. The only adjustment >> needed was to place the screens in relation to one another >> so that the layout made sense. > > I have a pair of NVidia cards (one PCIe, one PCI) which I do this > with. The key components were: > > * Proprietary NVidia driver with TwinView enabled > * Specifying the PCI ID manually in my xorg.conf > > What I lack is the ability to merge together the Dual-screen config on > one card with the single screen on the other - so in actual fact I > have 2 Xorg "Displays" and am unable to move windows from one to the > other. That's not a big deal - you just end up adapting your workflow > and keeping discrete apps on that one screen. If I enable Xinerama, > Gnome crashes pretty hard on login. > > I have included my Xorg.conf below to give you some starting point. If > you get Xinerama working, I'll be very interested. > > -- > Sam > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings > # nvidia-settings: version 260.19.29 > (mockbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) Thu Dec 16 04:52:07 EST 2010 > > # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig > # nvidia-xconfig: version 260.19.29 (mockbuild@) Thu Dec 16 05:03:59 EST 2010 > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Layout0" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > Option "Xinerama" "0" > EndSection > > Section "Files" > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > > # generated from default > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > > # generated from data in "/etc/sysconfig/keyboard" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > Option "XkbLayout" "gb" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "Unknown" > ModelName "LG L1953S" > HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0 > VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0 > Option "DPMS" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor1" > VendorName "Unknown" > ModelName "LG L1919S" > HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0 > VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0 > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Device0" > Driver "nvidia" > VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" > BoardName "Quadro NVS 55/280 PCI" > BusID "PCI:3:2:0" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Device1" > Driver "nvidia" > VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" > BoardName "Quadro NVS 285" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Device0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 24 > Option "TwinView" "1" > Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0" > Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: nvidia-auto-select +1280+0, > CRT-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0" > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen1" > Device "Device1" > Monitor "Monitor1" > DefaultDepth 24 > Option "TwinView" "0" > Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0" > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > EndSubSection > EndSection Thanks, Sam! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk00wYsACgkQmzle50YHwaBjwgCgnG/Q7EY3K7pc7X3uqtwcrO05 qgAAn0VsIOCms2EiYUZB9XXZYO+lAIp4 =Jmgr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
