Problem configuring two XServer instances for different displays on single video card
I have NVIDIA GF 8800GT with two DVI ports. I want each instance of X Server to display on different monitor, i.e. if i start 'startx', the server is started on monitor #0. If i start 'startx -- :1 -layout withscreen1', it would use monitor #1. But i have some problem. X server says:
{ (WW) NVIDIA: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:0:0) found (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section. } This is my xorg.conf: { Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb" ModulePath "/usr/lib/modules" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID/" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" EndSection Section "Module" Load "record" Load "xtrap" Load "extmod" Load "dbe" Load "glx" Load "freetype" Load "type1" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "WithScreen0" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "WithScreen1" Screen 0 "Screen1" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" # Will be replaced by added keyboard EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "Xinerama" "0" Option "DefaultServerLayout" "WithScreen0" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us,ru(winkeys)" Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse1" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Samsung Electronics" ModelName "Samsung SyncMaster 193p+" HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0 EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor1" VendorName "Samsung Electronics" ModelName "Samsung SyncMaster 193p+" HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "NVidia8800scr1" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" BoardName "GeForce 8800 GT" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Screen 1 Option "TripleBuffer" "True" Option "NoLogo" "True" Option "BackingStore" "True" Option "DamageEvents" "True" Option "DPMS" "True" Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "True" Option "Coolbits" "1" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "NVidia8800scr0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" BoardName "GeForce 8800 GT" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Screen 0 Option "TripleBuffer" "True" Option "NoLogo" "True" Option "BackingStore" "True" Option "DamageEvents" "True" Option "DPMS" "True" Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "True" Option "Coolbits" "1" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "NVidia8800scr0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 Option "VBERestore" "true" Option "TwinView" "0" Option "metamodes" "1280x1024_60 +0+0" Option "VBERestore" "true" SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen1" Device "NVidia8800scr1" Monitor "Monitor1" DefaultDepth 24 Option "VBERestore" "true" Option "TwinView" "0" Option "metamodes" "1280x1024_60 +0+0" Option "VBERestore" "true" SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection } If i change Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "WithScreen1" Screen 0 "Screen1" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" # Will be replaced by added keyboard EndSection to Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "WithScreen1" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" # Will be replaced by added keyboard EndSection then it starts, but on first screen, while i want it to be on the second one. What am i doing wrong? |
You man need to run one instance of X per card or even one per computer. You can use twinview to configure the screens the way you want. I have never heard of running multiple instances of X. Each one would try to use the nvidia kernel module and I don't know if that is kosher.
If you are trying to setup a multiseat system, this site might help. They have entries in a single xorg.conf. The article is a little old and the current X server may work better doing this than in the past. The error messages indicate that the busID entries are wrong. If you use two or more video cards, then you have to have a busID entry for each card. Your xorg.conf file has the same busID value for both cards. http://www.linuxtoys.org/multiseat/multiseat.html |
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