On Friday 22 July 2005 06:21 pm, [KS] wrote: > Hello, > > I was trying out x.org to use 2 monitors with my Nvidia GeForce > 5700LE. After tinkering with the xorg.conf, I finally got the two > monitors running using the AGP and the DVI ports(with DVI-AGP > converter). However, the desktop is like a widescreen now. Its > [EMAIL PROTECTED] now with both monitors running half of it i.e. > 1280x1024. Its like my earlier single monitor workspace is streched > to double the size. > > It would be nice to have one workspace on each desktop. With a single > workspace on 2monitors, I can't even play Tux Racer as the games > screen is rendered half on each monitor. Can it be done? Also, with > two different workspaces on the monitors would it be possible for > each monitor to have different resolutions at different frequency. > > Any help would be highly appreciated. > > Thanks, > /KS > > My current xorg.conf is below: > Section "Files" > FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server > # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" > EndSection > > Section "Module" > Load "bitmap" > Load "dbe" > Load "ddc" > # Load "dri" > Load "extmod" > 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 "Device" > Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700LE]" > Driver "nvidia" > #Driver "nv" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Sony CPD E200" > Option "DPMS" > #HorizSync 30-75 > #VertRefresh 50-85 > HorizSync 30-85 > VertRefresh 48-120 > Modeline "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 83.91 1280 1312 1624 1656 800 816 > 824 841 > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV36 [GeForce FX 5700LE]" > Monitor "Sony CPD E200" > DefaultDepth 24 > > Option "NvAGP" "1" > Option "TwinView" "true" > Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30.0-70.0" > Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50.0-160.0" > Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024, 1280x1024; 1280x1024, > 1280x1024;" > Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf" > Option "Xinerama" "on" > > SubSection "Display" > Depth 1 > Modes "1600x1200" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" > "1280x960" > "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" > "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 4 > Modes "1600x1200" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" > "1280x960" > "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" > "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 8 > Modes "1600x1200" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" > "1280x960" > "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" > "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 15 > Modes "1600x1200" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" > "1280x960" > "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" > "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 16 > Modes "1600x1200" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" > "1280x960" > "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" > "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1600x1200" "1440x900" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" > "1280x960" > "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" > "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Default Layout" > Screen "Default Screen" > InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" > InputDevice "Configured Mouse" > EndSection > > Section "DRI" > Mode 0666 > EndSection
What you are seeing is the Xinerama feature, turn it 'off' to have two separate screens. Option "Xinerama" "on" -- Greg Madden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
