I have pasted my XF86Config file because I have gotten my computer and tv to show either a clone with both showing the same thing on both screens.

When I cahnge my XF86Config file to have the tv rightof, then it stretches the screen across both.

The problem is, when I want to watch a DVD just on the tv the screen maximizes to just the tv, but it is stretched because of the the stretching of the screens.

I tried to change the resolution to 1024x1536, which I thought would stop the stretching because you wouldn't be stretching 768 across both screens, but X wouldn't start in this mode.


Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "HITACHI V700"
DisplaySize 330 250
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 MX (generic)"
VideoRam 65536
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768; 800x600, 800x600; 640x480,
640x480"
Option "NTSC-M" "TVStandard"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection




Thanks for any help you can offer.

I've got the exact same problem. I've got an NVidia Quadro 280 NVS, and I'm running Gentoo Linux 2004.1. TwinView setup was a piece of cake, but now my window manager (KDE 3.2.2) does not detect that there are 2 screens and not just one, so it stretches everything over both screens, including the task bar, the startup screen, etc.

I did have this working previously, but that was with FreeBSD 5.2.1, IIRC.

I'm using version 1.0-5336 of the NVidia drivers. Perhaps it's an error in those drivers, because I've tried virtually everything, including:

- Reinstallation of the nvidia-glx and nvidia-kernel stuff
- Added to XF86Config: Option "Xinerama" "off" in the ServerFlags section
- Added to XF86Config: Option "NoTwinViewXineramaInfo" "off" in the Driver section
- Changed resolutions for the second monitor

The problem MAY be that the NVidia drivers are not able to export Xinerama-compatible information to the window manager, because the 'normal' XFree86 Xinerama extension is loaded and in the way.

I have tried to disable it, but I'm not sure how to do it. The XF86Config man file indicates that Xinerama is by default disabled, so I would think that I should not have to do anything...

The nvidia documentation is here:
ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Li...0-5336/README/

It says explicitly that if the Xinerama extension is enabled in XFree86, then the NVidia drives won't be able to publish Xinerama-compatible information to the window manager.

When I check my XFree86.N.log file (where N is the ID), then I do see that some XINERAMA extension is loaded and then initialized. I'm just not sure whether that is the XFree86 XINERAMA driver, or the Nvidia driver publishing a XINERAMA-compatible interface of some sorts....

just trying to give it a second chance.

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or you could use xinerama....here is my working XF86config...it works great!!! just change to suit

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# *****************************************************
# Module section -- this section is used to specify *
# which dynamically loadable modules to load. *
# *****************************************************
#
Section "Module"

# This loads the DBE extension module.

Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
# Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection

# This loads the Type1 and FreeType font modules
Load "type1"
Load "speedo"

# This loads the GLX module
Load "glx"
Load "v4l"
# This loads the DRI module
Load "dri"

EndSection

# ******************************************************************
# Files section. This allows default font and rgb paths to be set *
# ******************************************************************

Section "Files"

RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"

FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"

# The module search path. The default path is shown here.

# ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"

EndSection

# ***********************
# Server flags section. *
# ***********************

Section "ServerFlags"

EndSection

# ***************
# Input devices *
# ***************

# *************************************
# Core keyboard's InputDevice section *
# *************************************

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "Keyboard"

Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"

Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "en"

EndSection

# ************************************
# Core Pointer's InputDevice section *
# ************************************

Section "InputDevice"

# Identifier and driver

Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
#Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "8"

# Option "Resolution" "256"
EndSection

# *****************
# Monitor section *
# *****************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "hitachi CM 803"
HorizSync 31.5 - 115
VertRefresh 50 - 160
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "dell M992"
HorizSync 30 - 96
VertRefresh 50 - 160
EndSection

# *************************
# Graphics device section *
# *************************

Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia0"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
Option "NoLogo" "1"
Option "NvAGP" "4"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia1"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
Option "NoLogo" "1"
Option "NvAGP" "4"
EndSection
# *****************
# Screen sections *
# *****************

Section "Screen"
Identifier "nvidia0screen"
Device "nvidia0"
Monitor "hitachi CM 803"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
#Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
#Virtual _"1024x768"
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "nvidia1screen"
Device "nvidia1"
Monitor "dell M992"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
# ************************
# ServerLayout sections. *
# ************************

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "dual"
Screen 0 "nvidia0screen"
Screen 1 "nvidia1screen" Above "nvidia0screen"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single"
Screen 0 "nvidia0screen"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
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