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Old 02-20-2010, 02:38 PM   #1
mfallon
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multiple monitors with nvidia, ubuntu


Hi,
I'm running a lenovo laptop with an nVidia Quadro FX 570M and Ubuntu 9.10.

I cannot get my external monitor to work properly for me (using nvidia-settings). It basically creates a single continuous monitor space across both the external and the inbuilt monitor (maximising a window, covers BOTH monitors and the gnomepanels run across both monitors)

I think its related to my xorg.conf settings, which are as following, Can any one help:
(It used to work for me when I was using ubuntu 8.4)



# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder63) Fri Aug 14 17:54:58 PDT 2009

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "true"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
# generated from default
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
EndSection


Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "Quadro FX 570M"
Driver "nvidia"
# Driver "vesa"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "NoLogo" "True"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "nvidia-auto-select"
EndSubSection
EndSection



Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "MetaModes" "1440x900,1280x1024"
# Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +1600+0, DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0; DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP-1: NULL"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
 
Old 02-20-2010, 02:55 PM   #2
Quakeboy02
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In nvidia-settings under "X Server Display Configuration" hit the "Configuration" button and select "Separate X Screen".
 
  


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