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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
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...?
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.
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:
Code:
################################################################################
## Automatically generated file by buildxconf
## part of the Xandros hardware detection system
##
## See Also:
## 'man devices-overview' for information about the detection system
## 'man setxconf' a utility for interacting with the detection system
## to modify the X configuration
## 'man xorg.conf' for the format of this file
##
## Warning:
## If this file is edited manually, then buildxconf will no longer
## modify this file. It must be removed to be regenerated.
################################################################################
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/altdrivers"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
# Local Fontserver: Disabled by default.
#FontPath "unix/:7100"
# Unscaled Bitmap Fonts:
# Scalable TrueType and CID Fonts (via DeFoMa):
# Scalable TrueType Fonts (via std X path):
# Scalable Speedo and Type1 Fonts:
# Scaled Bitmap fonts (ugly) :
# Misc. Fonts:
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/commercial"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "ddc"
Load "int10"
Load "xandetect"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "bitmap"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "mouse.usb"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "YES"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
# pci info: 0x10de, 0x0314, 0x0000, 0x0000
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoRenderAccel"
Option "VideoRam" "261120k"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
#Screen 0
Option "backingstore" "true"
Option "TwinView"
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768,1024x768; 1024x768; 800x600,800x600; 800x600"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "CRT-0 LeftOf CRT-1"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT,CRT"
Option "HWcursor"
Option "CursorShadow"
Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "32"
Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "3"
Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "3"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
#VendorName "DELL"
#ModelName "E773c"
HorizSync 30-60
VertRefresh 55-75
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
#VendorName "DELL"
#ModelName "E773c"
#HorizSync 30-60 #Rates are not stated by Manufacturer
#VertRefresh 55-75 #Rates are not stated by Manufacturer
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
# res 1024 768
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Device1"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
AllowMouseOpenFail
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen1" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard1"
InputDevice "mouse.usb"
EndSection
I found this in a forum that was speaking of xandros and just copy and pasted it changed the important things that fit me specifically and sent it to the machine that needed it. Thanks for the help for that one.
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.
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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