On 8/29/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">James Pifer</b> <<a href="mailto:jep@obrien-pifer.com">jep@obrien-pifer.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> I was doing that for a while, you can look at mine at<br>> <a href="http://www.lukemacneil.com/articles/xorg.conf-for-dual-video-cards-monitors-and-tv-out-2.html">http://www.lukemacneil.com/articles/xorg.conf-for-dual-video-cards-monitors-and-tv-out-2.html
</a><br><br>Thanks, that got me close, I think. Using yours as a template I modified<br>mine. Good news is that I didn't blow it up. Bad news is I only see the<br>display on my LCD and not the TV.<br><br>Secondary, is that it seems to ignore the resolution. Looks like it's
<br>only at 640x480.<br><br>Do you see anything obviously wrong with my current one below?<br><br>Thanks,<br>James<br><br>Section "ServerLayout"<br> Identifier "twin head configuration"<br> Screen "LCDScreen" 0 0
<br> Screen "TVScreen" RightOf "LCDScreen"<br> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Files"<br> ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
<br> ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions"<br> ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Module"<br> Load "dbe"<br> Load "extmod"
<br> Load "fbdevhw"<br> Load "glx"<br> Load "record"<br> Load "freetype"<br> Load "type1"<br> Load "v4l"<br> Load "vnc"
<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "InputDevice"<br> Identifier "Keyboard0"<br> Driver "kbd"<br> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"<br> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Monitor"<br> Identifier "LCDMonitor"<br> Option "DPMS"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Monitor"<br> Identifier "TVMonitor"
<br> Option "DPMS"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Device"<br> Identifier "LCDVideocard0"<br> Driver "nvidia"<br> VendorName "Videocard vendor"
<br> BoardName "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Device"<br> Identifier "TVVideocard0"<br> Driver "nvidia"<br> VendorName "Videocard vendor"
<br> BoardName "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"<br> Option "TwinView" "true"<br> Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"<br> Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT-0, TV-0"
<br> Option "MetaModes" "800x600,800x600"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Screen"<br> Identifier "LCDScreen"<br> Device "LCDVideocard0"<br> Monitor "LCDMonitor"
<br> DefaultDepth 24<br> Option "SecurityTypes" "VncAuth"<br> Option "UserPasswdVerifier" "VncAuth"<br> Option "PasswordFile" "/root/.vnc/passwd"
<br> SubSection "Display"<br> Depth 24<br> Modes "1024x768"<br> EndSubSection<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Screen"<br> Identifier "TVScreen"
<br> Device "TVVideocard0"<br> Monitor "TVMonitor"<br> DefaultDepth 24<br> SubSection "Display"<br> Depth 24<br> Modes "1024x768"
<br> EndSubSection<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Extensions"<br> Option "Composite" "Enable"<br>EndSection</blockquote><div><br>Add the following lines to your Device Section to force X to treat your flat panel as the primary output.
<br><br>Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP,CRT"<br>Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0" <br></div><br><br>Under the Screen Section, I have these (my CRT is left of the DFP):
<br><br> Option "TwinView" "1"<br> Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"<br><br>Also, I have these in my Screen Section, but you may need to tweak for your specific configuration:
<br> Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1280x1024 +0+0, DFP: 1680x1050 +1280+0; CRT: 800x600+0+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +800+0; CRT: 640x480 +0+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +640+0"<br> SubSection "Display"
<br> Depth 24<br> Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"<br> EndSubSection<br><br>Good luck.<br><br>Tom<br></div>