Okay, another question for you guys. Understand that I'm a newbie and while it's been really fun learning this stuff, most of it is still way over my head.

I tried to install Mandriva 2006 on my personal computer. I have dual monitors and the card in my machine is an nVidia 5200.

When I try to boot into linux with graphics, I get garbage on the right screen and nothing on the left. Computer seems to still be running but not much else. When I boot into console, no problem. Works like a charm, for what little I can do on it.

I did try (and obviously failed) to configure the card to work during the installation itself.

Okay, I got one monitor working just fine. *beats head against wall* with the latest drivers and kernel-source. Now, how to convince it that I have two minitor and not one?

Any ideas? Please?

*offers cookies* Thank you in advance.

You might want to use my /etc/xorg.conf, posted below, as a guide. It is not the only way to do it, but it works fine for me. (Make sure you back up your file first.)


Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
AllowMouseOpenFail
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "v4l"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/nvidia/libglx.so"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
Option "XkbLayout" "en_US"
Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor0"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "1280x1024 @ 60 Hz"
HorizSync 31.5-64.3
VertRefresh 50-70
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
VendorName "nVidia Corp."
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 6800 (generic)"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "DPMS"
Option "MetaModes" "CRT-0:1280x1024,CRT-1:1280x1024;CRT-0:1024X768,CRT-1:1024X768;CRT-0:800x600,CRT-1:800x600"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "56-76"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT-0, CRT-1"
Option "NoTwinViewXineramaInfo" "False"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "31.5-64.3"
Option "TwinView" "True"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "1"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen0"
Device "device1"
Monitor "monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Virtual 2560 1024
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Virtual 2560 1024
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Virtual 2560 1024
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 2560 1024
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
Screen "screen0"
EndSection