Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:03:32 -0600 From: Pat Maddox <pergesu@gmail.com> To: Mario Hoerich <spambox@mhoerich.de>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Configuring multiple monitors Message-ID: <810a540e050917120348e6d79c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050917132018.GB82790@Pandora.MHoerich.de> References: <810a540e05091703442919bb55@mail.gmail.com> <20050917132018.GB82790@Pandora.MHoerich.de>
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Hey Mario, Thanks for the response. I installed nvidia-driver and changed the conf file as you suggested, but I get the error: NVRM: Detected agp.ko, aborting NVIDIA AGP setup! X still starts up, but only with one screen. Not really sure what to do - any ideas? Thanks, Pat On 9/17/05, Mario Hoerich <spambox@mhoerich.de> wrote: > # Pat Maddox: > > Anyway I've got a Dell 2001fp and a Viewsonic vp201, hooked up to a > > GeForce4 Ti4600. >=20 > You'll need to run the binary nvidia-driver (~ports/x11/nvidia-driver) > for this to work. Once that works, the xorg.conf-entries are rather > simple: >=20 > # see /usr/X11R6/share/doc/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0 for nVidia-specific docs > Section "Device" > Identifier "NV AGP" > Driver "nvidia" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > Option "TwinView" "on" > Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024,1280x1024" > Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "28-64" > Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60" > Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf" # Or RightOf > Option "RenderAccel" "true" > EndSection >=20 > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen 1" > Device "NV AGP" > Monitor "samsung" > DefaultDepth 24 >=20 > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x1024" > EndSubsection > EndSection >=20 > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Layout 1" > Screen "Screen 1" > InputDevice "Mouse 1" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard 1" "CoreKeyboard" > EndSection >=20 > The screen-section sets up the primary display, the other is set > up with the SecondMonitorXXXXXXX-options in the Device Section. > ServerLayout sets the screen-section to use. >=20 > HTH > Mario >=20 >
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