Twinview problem with GeForce FX 5500

DonbertK · 05-03-2005, 01:17 PM

The two monitors I'm using are a Compaq FS740 and a CTX 17" VL700.

When I start Mandrake, both of the monitors display the same thing. Then when I log in, only one displays something.

This is what the Device part of my XF86Config looks like:

Code:

Section "Device"
    Identifier "device1"
    BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500"
    Driver "nvidia"
    Option "DPMS"
    Option "IgnoreEDID" "1"
    Option "TwinView"
    Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-72"
    Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50-130"
    Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
    Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT,CRT"
    Option "RenderAccel" "true"
    Option "MetaModes" "1024x768,1024x768"
EndSection

With that config, X won't start. It gives me this error:

Code:

(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failure to construct a valid mode list: no modes remaining
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration

Fatal server error:
no screens found

I think it has something to do with the MetaModes line. X will start if I get rid of the line or change it to "1024x768". I've tried changing it to "1024x768,1024x768;800x600,800x600;" and others, but I still have to either get rid of it or change it to just "1024x768". Any ideas?

bulliver · 05-03-2005, 02:48 PM

Can we see the 'screen' section of your xorg.conf....
If you want, I have my xorg.conf up on my website. It is set up two run 2 identical monitors with twin-view. Maybe it will help:
http://badcomputer.org/linux/xorg.conf

DonbertK · 05-03-2005, 03:43 PM

Yeah, here it is:

Code:

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "screen1"
    Device "device1"
    Monitor "monitor1"
    DefaultColorDepth 24
    
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 8
        Virtual 1024 768
    EndSubsection
    
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 15
        Virtual 1024 768
    EndSubsection
    
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 16
        Virtual 1024 768
    EndSubsection
    
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth 24
        Virtual 1024 768
    EndSubsection
EndSection

bulliver · 05-03-2005, 03:48 PM

Ok, yeah...
Change all those 'Virtual' lines to:
Modes "1024x768"