Re: nVidia

From: Reid Towsley <rtowsley_at_no.spam.please>
Date: Fri Oct 20 2006 - 01:11:11 CST

Michal Dworaczek wrote:

Hi,

Does anybody run here a card with nVidia chip that has double monitor outs?  One
for analog and one for digital.
I got the driver from nVidia's site to compile in Ubuntu but the primary monitor
is by default the analog and digital secondary.  My card is 6600 GT and I am
using Twinview option in xorg.conf.  When I try to switch the monitors by
playing with:
Option        "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-0, CRT-1"
I get no screen.  I heard it's a nVidia's bug but I was wondering if there is a
way to make X use only one monitor - the digital one, and to make it a primary
one as well?
I tried this also under FreeBSD6.1 and latest Slackware, same result.

My video card is a 6600gt with dvi and vga outputs, however I don't have anything plugged into the vga port. I have a problem with the new 9626 drivers in that Xorg locks up the computer when I start it, so I have to use the 8774 drivers. There are many options to try with the Nvidia drivers that are well documented here. I've had a TV hooked up through component video as a second monitor using TwinView, and using it as a separate monitor without troubles.

I don't use twinview, but if it helps at all I've attached my xorg.conf. You could also check the Nvidia linux forum for help. I may also be able to help if I had a look at your xorg.conf file.

Reid

 # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Wed Mar 29 14:43:26 PST 2006

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Default Layout"
    Screen 0 "Screen[0]" 0 0
    Screen 1 "Screen[1]" RightOf "Screen[0]"
    InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice "Configured Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
        # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
        # paths to defoma fonts
    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"
    FontPath "/var/share/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
    FontPath "/var/share/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"

# Load "dri"
    Load "bitmap"
    Load "dbe"
    Load "ddc"
# Load "GLcore"
    SubSection "extmod"
        Option "omit xfree86-dga"
    EndSubSection
    Load "freetype"
    Load "glx"
    Load "int10"
    Load "record"
    Load "type1"
    Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver "keyboard"
    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 "Monitor"
    Identifier "BenQ FP202W[0]"
    Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

# ModeLine "800x600_60.00" 38.2 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 622 -hsync +vsync
    Identifier "TV[1]"
    DisplaySize 414 316
    HorizSync 30.0 - 50.0
    VertRefresh 59.0 - 61.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "NVIDIA 6600GT[0]"
    Driver "nvidia"
    BusID "PCI:4:0:0"
    Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "NVIDIA 6600GT[1]"
    Driver "nvidia"
    BusID "PCI:4:0:0"
    Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen[0]"
    Device "NVIDIA 6600GT[0]"
    Monitor "BenQ FP202W[0]"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Option "RenderAccel" "on"
    Option "NoLogo"
    Option "Coolbits" "1"
# Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP-0"
    Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP-0"
    Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = aspect-scaled, Dithering = default"
    Option "CursorShadow" "on"
    Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "35"
    Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "4"
    Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "2"
# Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth 24
        Modes "1680x1050" "1440x900" "1280x768" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen[1]"
    Device "NVIDIA 6600GT[1]"
    Monitor "TV[1]"
    DefaultDepth 24
    Option "NoLogo"
    Option "TVStandard" "HD480i"
# Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV-0"
    Option "UseDisplayDevice" "TV-0"
    Option "TVOverScan" "0.6"
# Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth 24
        Modes "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

#Section "Extensions"
# Option "Composite" "Enable"
#EndSection
Received on Fri Oct 20 01:11:43 2006