Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2021 16:29:59 +0200 From: Per olof Ljungmark <peo@nethead.se> To: x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [OT]Dual GPU - help on the way Message-ID: <3472e896-bc09-d389-dac9-9c0a44c5054f@nethead.se> In-Reply-To: <20210702160334.01d442e5@zeta.dino.sk> References: <e9446340-7d61-85d3-7871-a83915342c12@nethead.se> <20210702160334.01d442e5@zeta.dino.sk>
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On 7/2/21 4:03 PM, Milan Obuch wrote: > On Fri, 2 Jul 2021 15:52:12 +0200, Per olof Ljungmark <peo@nethead.se> > wrote: > >> Slightly frustrated I'm asking on this list. >> >> The setup is HP Z620 with dual Nvidia K2000 and three monitors, the >> aim is to have the desktop (xfce4) extended to all three. >> >> It should be doable with this setup but so far all efforts failed. >> >> With a "standard" xorg.conf, I get the desktop on monitor 1 and 2, >> the third is a black screen but I can move the pointer into it. >> >> Alternatively I could run another X session on X screen 1 instead of >> extending the desktop. >> >> Help welcome! >> >> Thank you in advance, >> Per >> > > Hi, > > I have zero experience with Nvidia, but I use some devices with > multiple video outputs - board with VGA + DVI or VGA + HDMI, mostly > Intel video. In my case crucial was right use of xrandr, example: > > xrandr --output DVI-D-1 --auto > xrandr --output VGA-1 --auto > xrandr --output VGA-1 --left-of DVI-D-1 > > While this could not be answer for you, I'd recommend running > > xrandr > > with no option, just to see if it offers any usefull info. > > In any case, I'd like to know how you are using XFCE in multi-monitor > scenario. xrandr shows the outputs for the second card as "disconnected" so not much I can do there I think. For multi monitor with xfce, I never had a problem with a dual monitor setup and xfce, now I need to add a third. Per
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