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I have Dual Displays using a ge-force fx 5500 i have read several post but none have helped me on this matter. When i had windows i used them alot (winodws crashed one to many time for me) but now i have all my machine switche to debian. I have tried configuring xorg.conf but it either does not load or it loads and one monitor is flashing with just lines through it in diffrent colors.
i have read stuff on xinerama and xdmx but i am really knew to linux and i am just having problems currently i have three debian machines running two work as expected (one of them is a webserver) I installed xinerama and xdmx on the machine that is having problems. Details: video ge-force fx 5500 display's Two dell e773c crt monitors xorg.conf: Code:
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Hi.
To use both outputs (for a single, spanning desktop), install the nVidia drivers: http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html Then configure xorg.conf for nVidia: http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/L...ection-02.html then look at the 'TwinView' configuration: http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/L...ppendix-g.html It's actually easier than it first looks to get it all configured. Post back if you hit any problems. Dave |
I seemed to have really screwed things up now, I reverted back to the original conf file and it does not load x at all. I tried to do other tutorials that where on the net but none of them work either. I know my card is a geforce FX 5500 and i know that the Driver loaded/installed i am just stuck on the xorg.conf file to get things rolling. Before all the editing of the file i would get both screens to come on just one of them was flashing amd had a bunch of lines. Anything else i can do...?
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TwinView is super easy to set up, the xorg.conf I use is on another machine I can't access at the moment but yeah, get a working xorg.conf and then it's something stupid like adding two lines to get TwinView. The official nvidia drivers for linux are fantastic, don't walk passed them.
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I know i hear it is but i am having all sorts of problems right now i am also trying to find linux drivers for my SB Audigy 2 ZS platnium. But i cant get that started untill i get the Desktop Enviroment back up..
BTW I use KDE 3.6 For the DE if that helps matters at all |
I would just like to say that i got the displays to work i did this:
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################################################################################ Now how about the sound card can anyone help steer me in the right direction for that? Its a soundblaster audigy 2 zs platnium i am having problems finding the drivers for it. |
Run 'alsaconf' as root, that should set it up for you.
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no that did nothing for SB Audigy so i switch to the onboard and i get this error
Sound server fatal error: cpu overload, aborting and i have no system sound but i can play mp3 |
I did the alsaconf and i am using the onboard audio card and when i go to switch to the alsa in the sound system in the control center it hangs and i have to terminate the program. Any suggestions?
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