Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2007 00:50:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Arne "Wörner" <arne_woerner@yahoo.com> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@freebsd.org>, freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Going multi-headed with nvidia 7900GS card and 6-STABLE/amd64 ... Message-ID: <729466.7225.qm@web30311.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <02D6A4C5E872D7CCFB8814B5@fserv.hub.org>
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Hi Marc! I fell asleep some hours ago, so that I couldnt reply so quickly... --- "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@freebsd.org> wrote: > 'k, I've tried to search google (even with site:http://www.nvnews.net to > narrow it down), and I'm drawing a blank, so I'm asking here ... > Hmm... I found this with Yahoo!Search (nvidia xorg "dual head"): http://www.bitleap.com/blog/2007/01/22/nvidia-xorg-dual-head-linux-change/ http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Dual_Monitors#Setting_up_Two_Graphics_Cards > 64bit issues with the driver, but from what I've been able to tell, I should > be able to do this with just the nv driver that comes with X.Org 7.x ... > Yup... The agp and drm modules might be necessary (if it isnt compiled into the kernel)... > The only way I could get the current configuration to even start, without > getting: > > Fatal server error: > Requested Entity already in use! > Did you use xorgcfg to get a basic configuration file? I found this about that strange error message: https://www.redhat.com/archives/nahant-list/2005-August/msg00183.html > was by changing the BusID to PCI:1:0:1 (or anything) even though nothing > seems to turn up in pciconf other then pci:1:0:0 ... > That wont help... The nvidia driver has to mention, that the same pci device can do 2 screens... It detects that by the "Screen XXX" line (one says 0 and one say 1 with the same PCI:a:b:c)... > So, the question is ... what am I missing, or is the nvidia kernel driver a > requirement to getting dual-head working after all? > You should try the ports nvidia-driver and nvidia-xconfig and nvidia-settings (pkg_add -r <port name>)... > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "nv" > VendorName "nVidia Corporation" > BoardName "NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x]" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > Screen 0 > EndSection > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card1" > Driver "nv" > VendorName "nVidia Corporation" > BoardName "NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x]" > BusID "PCI:1:0:1" ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^0 > Screen 1 > EndSection > The driver name should be "nvidia" possibly? Maybe you need to install that nvidia driver from the ports first... Have fun... Dual head without cloning looks cool, when it works... :-) Bye Arne ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/
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