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Old 02-07-2007, 02:06 PM   #1
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Trouble getting TwinView to work on Nvidia Card


I followed this tutorial to a T, but I am still having problem getting the dual monitors to work. I am using a Nvidia Quadro FX 1500 256 MB with Dual DVI inputs. I think I installed the driver correctly because when I restarted Xserver, I saw the Nvidia splash screen.

Here is what I have in my xorg.conf file:

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "TwinView" "True"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "True"
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024,1280x1024; 1024x768,1024x768"
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP" #replace 'string' with either 'DFP'
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Here is some interesting stuff from my xorg.log file:

(II) NVIDIA X Driver 1.0-8776 Mon Oct 16 21:58:46 PDT 2006
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.3
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libramdac.so
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
.......
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 "UseEdidFreqs" "True"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TwinView" "True"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024,1280x1024; 1024x768,1024x768"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP"
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(**) NVIDIA(0): Using HorizSync/VertRefresh ranges from the EDID has been
(**) NVIDIA(0): enabled on all display devices.
(**) NVIDIA(0): TwinView enabled
(II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) NVIDIA(0): enabled.
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU Quadro FX 1500 at PCI:1:0:0
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoRAM: 262144 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.71.22.29.11
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on Quadro FX 1500 at PCI:1:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0): Dell E193FP (CRT-1)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Dell E193FP (CRT-1): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-0): 330.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link TMDS
(II) NVIDIA(0): Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP" converted to "DFP-0".
(WW) NVIDIA(0): TwinView requested, but only 1 display devices found.
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Invalid display device in Mode Description "1280x1024"
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode description "1280x1024"; unable to map to
(WW) NVIDIA(0): display device
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Invalid display device in Mode Description "1024x768"
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Not using mode description "1024x768"; unable to map to
(WW) NVIDIA(0): display device
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0): "1280x1024,1280x1024"
(II) NVIDIA(0): "1024x768,1024x768"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 1024
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (85, 86); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config option
(WW) NVIDIA(0): UBB is incompatible with the Composite extension. Disabling
(WW) NVIDIA(0): UBB.

I noticed the that it sees both monitors:

(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on Quadro FX 1500 at PCI:1:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0): Dell E193FP (CRT-1)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Samsung SyncMaster (DFP-0)

But then it says there is only one display found.

(WW) NVIDIA(0): TwinView requested, but only 1 display devices found.

The Dell E193FP is connected via a DVI adapter. Is this where my problem lies? Thank you in advance for any help.
 
Old 02-07-2007, 02:06 PM   #2
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