Matrox G450 Dual Head

[Dana J. Laude]

On Monday 02 January 2006 22:38, 'Forum Post, 
'@wailuku.xlogicgroup.com wrote:
> Hello Tom, and Dana.  I'm hoping you guys could help me out. 
> Every time I adjust my xorg.conf I get a xserver can't start. 
> after sudo dpkg xserver I have two monitors with clone mode,
> and I'm trying to get expanded mode.  I've got a compaq mv940
> monitor with H: 31-85 KHz, and V: 50-120 Hz  and a CTL 7sln
> monitor with H: 30-70KHz, V: 50-160Hz
>
> this is my present xorg.conf :

You're missing a few things in your xorg.conf.  I'll paste my 
file below and just compare it. 

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/CID"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
        # paths to defoma fonts
        FontPath        
"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
        FontPath        
"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load    "GLcore"
#       Load    "i2c"
        Load    "bitmap"
#       Load    "ddc"
        Load    "dbe"
        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"      "pc104"
        Option          "XkbLayout"     "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "CorePointer"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
        Option          "Protocol"              "ImPS/2"
        Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP"
        Driver          "mga"
        BusID           "PCI:2:0:0"
        Screen 0
        Option          "AGPMode" "4"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP_2"
        Driver          "mga"
        BusID           "PCI:2:0:0"
        Screen 1
        Option          "AGPMode" "4"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Sylvania"
        HorizSync       30-69
        VertRefresh     50-90
        Option          "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "ViewSonic"
        HorizSync       30-70
        VertRefresh     50-120
        Option          "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Sylvania"
        Device          "Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP"
        Monitor         "Sylvania"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           1
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" 
"800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           4
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" 
"800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           8
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" 
"800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           15
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" 
"800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
                Depth           16
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" 
"800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" 
"800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "ViewSonic"
        Device          "Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP_2"
        Monitor         "ViewSonic"
        DefaultDepth    24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           1
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" 
"800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           4
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" 
"800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           8
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" 
"800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           15
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" 
"800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           16
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" 
"800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" 
"800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier      "Default Layout"
        InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
        InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
        Option          "Xinerama" "on"
        Screen          "Sylvania" 0 0
        Screen          "ViewSonic" RightOf "Sylvania"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Mode    0666
EndSection

Good luck!

Dana