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dual monitors with nvidia - smorken - 2004-04-22
hi there
i am trying to get 2 monitors to work....i have so far done the following:
-updated my kernel
-downloaded and sucessfully installed the nvidia driver (works gr8 for 1 monitor)
now i am trying to insert the following into my X86Config and unfortunately it returns a parse error when i try to start x.
( from [/url][url=http://www.tek-tips.com/gviewthread.cfm/pid/54/qid/822031]http://www.tek-tips.com/gviewthread.cfm/pid/54/qid/822031 )
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen 0"
Screen 1 "Screen 1" LeftOf "Screen 0"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
.
.
.
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "My Monitor 0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 31.5 - 82.0
VertRefresh 50 - 90
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "My Monitor 1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 31.5 - 82.0
VertRefresh 50 - 90
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 0"
Driver "nvidia"
BusId "PCI:1:0:0"
BoardName "Unknown"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 1"
Driver "nvidia"
BusId "PCI:1:0:0"
BoardName "Unknown"
Screen 1
EndSection
.
.
.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 0"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce 0"
Monitor "My Monitor 0"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce 1"
Monitor "My Monitor 1"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection
dual monitors with nvidia - smorken - 2004-04-22
I fixed the problem...just the text formatting
it works great now :)