Dual monitor possible?

SteVe Cook yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com
Thu Oct 4 08:03:51 UTC 2007


You'll need to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Below is the sort of thing you'll need, in fact this could work.  Just 
make sure you back up the working xorg.conf.  If the new version fails, 
just start up in single user mode and copy the backup over the new version.


Section "Device"
  	Identifier	"Old Video Card"
  	Driver		"nv"
  	BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
Option "DDCMode" "True"
Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT, CRT"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  	Identifier	"New Video Card"
  	Driver		"nv"
  	BusID		"PCI:2:0:0"
  	Screen      1
  	Option "DDCMode" "True"
Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT, CRT"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Main Monitor"
  	Option		"DPMS"
  	HorizSync	28-51
  	VertRefresh	43-60
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  	Identifier	"Second Monitor"
  	Option		"DPMS"
  	HorizSync	28-51
  	VertRefresh	43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  	Identifier	"0 Default Screen"
  	Device		"Old Video Card"
  	Monitor		"Main Monitor"
  	DefaultDepth	24

  	SubSection "Display"
  		Depth		24
  		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
  	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  	Identifier	"1 Default Screen"
  	Device		"New Video Card"
  	Monitor		"Second Monitor"
  	DefaultDepth	24

  	SubSection "Display"
  		Depth		24
  		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
  	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
  	Identifier	"Default Layout"
  	Screen	      1 "Main Monitor"
  	Screen        0 "Second Monitor" RightOf "Main Monitor"
  	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"
  	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"
  	InputDevice     "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
  	InputDevice     "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
  	InputDevice     "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
  	Option "Xinerama" "true"
  EndSection

Section "DRI"
  	Mode	0666
EndSection






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