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Old 07-10-2009, 09:22 PM   #1
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setup on video card


recently obtain an extra monitor and video card. so i install the video card and its works but only get a display on the monitor connect to the video card and not the one connected to the tower. when i unistall the card then i get a display on the monitor connect to the tower. i want both monitor to give a display. i also install the drive with with synapatic package manager.
the video card i have is this

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1
 
Old 07-11-2009, 05:10 AM   #2
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You will likely need to edit your 'xorg.conf' and put both cards on there.

For example:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=471064

What distro are you using BTW ? Debian ?
 
Old 07-11-2009, 06:32 AM   #3
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im using ubuntu 9.04
 
Old 07-11-2009, 12:59 PM   #4
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this is the video card 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)

i want to use the one on the monitor and the one on the video card...but it only uses the video card...if i take it out then it uses the one on the motherboard?why does the one on the motherboard get disabled when i insert the card and uses the card.
 
Old 07-11-2009, 01:21 PM   #5
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without the card i get this

desktop:~$ lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. KM400/KN400/P4M800 [S3 UniChrome] (rev 01)
 
Old 07-11-2009, 03:34 PM   #6
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I heard ubuntu has quit using xorg.conf ... in that case, I cannot help. Is it true ?
 
Old 07-11-2009, 10:20 PM   #7
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it still uses it
 
Old 07-12-2009, 08:55 AM   #8
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Ok, then can you post it ? It has to be modified as stated above.
 
Old 07-12-2009, 12:09 PM   #9
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Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
 
Old 07-12-2009, 12:23 PM   #10
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Are you sure that's all of it ? Well it has to have more than one section for example something like:

Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    Screen      1  "Screen1" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "SEG RM170"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 80.0
    VertRefresh     58.0 - 75.0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor1"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "WYT MNT-ANALOG"
    HorizSync       31.5 - 80.0
    VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 7600 GT"
    BusID          "PCI:5:0:0"
    Screen          0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device1"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 7600 GT"
    BusID          "PCI:5:0:0"
    Screen          1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
    Option         "metamodes" "CRT-0: 1280x1024 +0+0; CRT-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen1"
    Device         "Device1"
    Monitor        "Monitor1"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "CRT-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection
This is just an example, because I don't have enough info to suggest anything more. So basically you need one section per device and thus per monitor as well.
 
Old 07-12-2009, 01:10 PM   #11
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yea that it except for the commented stuff



# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg




this is whati have under X11
desktop:/etc/X11$ ls
app-defaults X xorg.conf.bak Xsession.d
cursors xinit xorg.conf.failsafe Xsession.options
default-display-manager xkb Xresources XvMCConfig
fonts xorg.conf Xsession Xwrapper.config
 
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I think I understand what Ubuntu did now, it says here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XORGHardy
 
Old 07-12-2009, 01:27 PM   #13
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when the video card is not install i type:
desktop:~$ lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. KM400/KN400/P4M800 [S3 UniChrome] (rev 01)

when i install the video card i get this
desktop:~$ lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)

why dont the 2 show up? its like the video cards diabled the mobo one automatically
 
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You're right that is somewhat unusual. Maybe check your BIOS settings, see if there's anything in there about the onboard video card, make sure it stays enabled.
 
Old 07-12-2009, 04:40 PM   #15
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Definitely, check the BIOS configuration, and try to update it if you can't find anything relevant.

Also, check the mother board documentation.

Note that lspci should show both cards even if no driver can be found which matches the hardware. It just look up for pci IDs and search for descriptions for those IDs on a database which is usually stored in a plain text file. Usually at /usr/share/misc/pci.ids or a similar location. The fact that it can't see the ID for the card means that it's disabled by the BIOS or some other hardware-based system that's external to your OS.
 
  


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