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jballxrd

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Registered: 2020-10-06

Posts: 2

Help with TwinView.

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "TwinLayout"
    Screen         0 "metaScreen" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    Option         "Enable" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor1"
    Option         "Enable" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Card0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"

    Option         "HorizSync"          "DFP-0: 30-160; DFP-1: 30-160"
    Option         "VertRefresh"        "DFP-0: 56-144; DFP-1: 56-144"
    Option         "MetaModes"          "1920x1080, 1920x1080"
    Option         "ConnectedMonitor"   "DFP-0, DFP-1"
    Option         "MetaModeOrientation" "DFP-1 RightOf DFP-0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "metaScreen"
    Device         "Card0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "True"
    SubSection "Display"
        Modes          "1920x1080"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

here is the error log I think causing this issue. this was from

/var/log/Xorg.1.log

I can post the whole log. if needed. its about 1500 lines.

[   130.993] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes:
[   130.993] (II) NVIDIA(0):     "1920x1080,1920x1080"
[   130.993] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 3840 x 1080
[   130.993] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to find all display devices requested in MetaMode
[   130.993] (WW) NVIDIA(0):     Orientation string "DFP-1 RightOf DFP-0".
[   131.021] (WW) NVIDIA(0): DFP-0 does not have an EDID, or its EDID does not contain a
[   131.021] (WW) NVIDIA(0):     maximum image size; cannot compute DPI from DFP-0's EDID.
[   131.021] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
[   131.021] (II) NVIDIA: Using 24576.00 MB of virtual memory for indirect memory
[   131.021] (II) NVIDIA:     access.