Ok,
I've given up beaten my head on the desk and I think I know the answer to this though.. I want to be able to use RANDR/COMPOSITE but it doesn't work with the twinview/xinerama option.
- How can you setup triple monitors with two video cards?
Video Cards are NV440, two of them:
[v025554@WNTXGCG940SSK1 Downloads]$ lspci | grep -i nvidia
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [Quadro NVS 440] (rev a2)
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [Quadro NVS 440] (rev a2)
Xorg.config:
[v025554@WNTXGCG940SSK1 X11]$ cat xorg.conf
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 260.19.21 (buildmeister@builder101) Thu Nov 4 21:47:06 PDT 2010
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 256.35 ([email protected]) Wed Jun 16 19:15:05 PDT 2010
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" 3360 0
Screen 2 "Screen2" 1680 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "1"
EndSection
Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "HP LP2275w"
HorizSync 30.0 - 93.0
VertRefresh 48.0 - 85.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "HP LP2275w"
HorizSync 30.0 - 93.0
VertRefresh 48.0 - 85.0
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor2"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "HP LP2275w"
HorizSync 30.0 - 93.0
VertRefresh 48.0 - 85.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "Quadro NVS 440"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "TripleBuffer" "true"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "HWCursor" "true"
Option "DPI" "90 x 90"
BusID "PCI:3:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "Quadro NVS 440"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "TripleBuffer" "true"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "HWCursor" "true"
Option "DPI" "90 x 90"
BusID "PCI:4:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device2"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "Quadro NVS 440"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "TripleBuffer" "true"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "HWCursor" "true"
Option "DPI" "90 x 90"
BusID "PCI:3:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "1"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +1680+0"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "1"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +1680+0"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Device1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen2"
Device "Device2"
Monitor "Monitor2"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
I've given up beaten my head on the desk and I think I know the answer to this though.. I want to be able to use RANDR/COMPOSITE but it doesn't work with the twinview/xinerama option.
- How can you setup triple monitors with two video cards?
Video Cards are NV440, two of them:
[v025554@WNTXGCG940SSK1 Downloads]$ lspci | grep -i nvidia
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [Quadro NVS 440] (rev a2)
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [Quadro NVS 440] (rev a2)
Xorg.config:
[v025554@WNTXGCG940SSK1 X11]$ cat xorg.conf
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 260.19.21 (buildmeister@builder101) Thu Nov 4 21:47:06 PDT 2010
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 256.35 ([email protected]) Wed Jun 16 19:15:05 PDT 2010
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" 3360 0
Screen 2 "Screen2" 1680 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "1"
EndSection
Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "HP LP2275w"
HorizSync 30.0 - 93.0
VertRefresh 48.0 - 85.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "HP LP2275w"
HorizSync 30.0 - 93.0
VertRefresh 48.0 - 85.0
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor2"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "HP LP2275w"
HorizSync 30.0 - 93.0
VertRefresh 48.0 - 85.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "Quadro NVS 440"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "TripleBuffer" "true"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "HWCursor" "true"
Option "DPI" "90 x 90"
BusID "PCI:3:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "Quadro NVS 440"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "TripleBuffer" "true"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "HWCursor" "true"
Option "DPI" "90 x 90"
BusID "PCI:4:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device2"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "Quadro NVS 440"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "TripleBuffer" "true"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "HWCursor" "true"
Option "DPI" "90 x 90"
BusID "PCI:3:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "1"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +1680+0"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
# Removed Option "TwinView" "1"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +1680+0"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Device1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen2"
Device "Device2"
Monitor "Monitor2"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
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