Dual Monitor - Dual Video Card Problems

[SteVe Cook]

Wes Hegge wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2/13/07, *golfer* <golfbuf at gmail.com <mailto:golfbuf at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On 2/13/07, Wes Hegge <whegge at gmail.com <mailto:whegge at gmail.com>>
>     wrote:
>      > screen.  So the system does see the video cards.
> 
>     what kind of cards? if one is on the motherboard and the other on pci,
>     then ubuntu has difficulty with this and you may have to manually edit
>     your xorg.conf.
> 
> 
> One is on board: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 
> 82Q963/Q965 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
> One is PCI: 06:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 
> [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)
> 
> I have been looking for an example of an xorg.conf file that has 2 video 
> cards and 2 monitors.  But so far nothing that really matches my 
> configuration.  Do you or anyone else have one?
> 
>     wouldn't hurt to post your xorg.conf, too
> 
> 
> As you can see mine is generic at this time.
> 
> # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
> #
> # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
> # values from the debconf database.
> #
> # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
> # (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
> #
> # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
> # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
> # package.
> #
> # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
> # again, run the following command:
> #   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
> 
> Section "Files"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
>         FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
>         # path to defoma fonts
>         FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
>         Load    "i2c"
>         Load    "bitmap"
>         Load    "ddc"
>         Load    "dri"
>         Load    "extmod"
>         Load    "freetype"
>         Load    "glx"
>         Load    "int10"
>         Load    "type1"
>         Load    "vbe"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Generic Keyboard"
>         Driver          "kbd"
>         Option          "CoreKeyboard"
>         Option          "XkbRules"      "xorg"
>         Option          "XkbModel"      "pc105"
>         Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
>         Option          "XkbOptions"    "lv3:ralt_switch"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
>         Driver          "mouse"
>         Option          "CorePointer"
>         Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option          "Protocol"              "ExplorerPS/2"
>         Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
>         Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>   Driver        "wacom"
>   Identifier    "stylus"
>   Option        "Device"        "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
>                                                       # /dev/input/event
>                                                       # for USB
>   Option        "Type"          "stylus"
>   Option        "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>   Driver        "wacom"
>   Identifier    "eraser"
>   Option        "Device"        "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
>                                                       # /dev/input/event
>                                                       # for USB
>   Option        "Type"          "eraser"
>   Option        "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>   Driver        "wacom"
>   Identifier    "cursor"
>   Option        "Device"        "/dev/wacom"          # Change to
>                                                       # /dev/input/event
>                                                       # for USB
>   Option        "Type"          "cursor"
>   Option        "ForceDevice"   "ISDV4"               # Tablet PC ONLY
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier      "Generic Video Card"
>         Driver          "vesa"
>         BusID           "PCI:0:2:0"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier      "SyncMaster"
>         Option          "DPMS"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier      "Default Screen"
>         Device          "Generic Video Card"
>         Monitor         "SyncMaster"
>         DefaultDepth    24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           1
>                 Modes           "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
> "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           4
>                 Modes           "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
> "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           8
>                 Modes           "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
> "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           15
>                 Modes           "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
> "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           16
>                 Modes           "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
> "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth           24
>                 Modes           "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
> "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier      "Default Layout"
>         Screen          "Default Screen"
>         InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
>         InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
>         InputDevice     "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
>         InputDevice     "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
>         InputDevice     "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "DRI"
>         Mode    0666
> EndSection
>  
> 
> 
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> 
I had a similar arrangement (nearly) working at the weekend but the 
second monitor died and stupidly overwrote the xorg.conf file with my 
original backup.  I'd got it working at 640X480 8bit colour depth and 
was hoping to increase both to see how far I could get.  I'm getting 
another monitor today. I'll see if I can get to a similar stage again 
and post the conf file.


SteVe