Hello all.

I'm unable to get my GeForce4 Ti 4200 to simultaneously display on my monitor (Samsung 150s (and TV (Sony 32" w Svideo). I can do one or the other but not both by editing xorg.conf.


Editing to: Options "ConnectedMonitor" "LCD" displays only on the Samsung.
Editing to: Options "ConnectedMonitor" "TV" displays only on the Sony TV.
Editing to: Option "ConnectedMonitor" "LCD, TV" displays only on the Sony TV.

X won't load when I use "CRT, TV" in this line. "DFP, TV" gives the same results as "LCD, TV".

I'm running FedoraCore4, kernel, v2.6.17-1.2141_FC4. NVIDIA kernel vNVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8762-pkg1. NVIDIA documentation reports that GeForce4 support TwinView. TwinView works with XP displaying the desktop simultaneously on both the monitor and TV.

UpDate1: Xorg.0.log gives me two warnings:
(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory)
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Invalid ConnectedMonitor string token: "LCD"; discarding token.


UpDate2: My xorg.config file as updated by the NVIDIA installer was as follows:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Mon May 15 13:23:42 PDT 2006

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "single head configuration"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1024x768"
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
VertRefresh 40.0 - 70.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection



After modifications it is as follows:

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Mon May 15 13:23:42 PDT 2006

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

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

Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "fbdevhw"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
# Option "Xleds" "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
# Option "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
# Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
# Option "XkbModel" "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# or:
# Option "XkbLayout" "de"
# Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
# Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
#
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1024x768"
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
VertRefresh 40.0 - 70.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "TwinView" "True"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "LCD" #"TV"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768; 800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"

EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Thanks for your kind assistance. phil

DOn't know about the TV - you'll surely need to know the hsync & vsync - but here's my working twinview config file on two 19" monitors:

http://hero.com/~briank/misc/XF86Con...nvidiatwinview

I'm now able to see my desktop on my TV. Looking over xorg.0.log I noticed that NVIDIA assigned my Samsung (CRT-1) and my Sony TV (TV-0)

(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT-1, TV-0"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TwinView" "True"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 800x600; 800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(**) NVIDIA(0): Forcing SVIDEO output
(**) NVIDIA(0): TV Standard string: "NTSC-M"
(**) NVIDIA(0): TwinView enabled
(**) NVIDIA(0): ConnectedMonitor string: "CRT-1, TV-0"
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce4 Ti 4200 at PCI:1:0:0
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 131072 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 04.25.00.37.00
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 4X
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce4 Ti 4200 at PCI:1:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (CRT-1)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Philips 7108 TV Encoder (TV-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (CRT-1): 350.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): Philips 7108 TV Encoder (TV-0): 165.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): TV encoder: Philips 7108
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Devices: CRT-1, TV-0
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0): "1024x768,800x600"
(II) NVIDIA(0): "800x600,800x600"
(II) NVIDIA(0): "640x480,640x480"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1024 x 768

So I changed xorg.config Device section so:

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "TwinView" "True"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT-1, TV-0"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 800x600; 800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"


Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT-1, TV-0"
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 800x600; 800x600, 800x600; 640x480, 640x480"

I'm able to see my desktop in the TV in all three resolution groups. Now I've got to figgure out how to contrict the desktop showing on the TV to the bounds of the TV.

Hope this helps any with my particular setup. Cheers. Phil