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#1 2009-07-27 18:00:27

Luca Gervasi
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From: Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
Registered: 2007-11-26
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Nvidia Twin View - Unable to set the second Monitor Resolution

Hallo.

I have two similar LCD Monitors (Asus VW222U - DVI and Asus VW222S - VGA). I want to use a twinview resolution of (2*1680)x1050 but i'm unable to do so. The primary Display (be it the DVI or VGA connected monitor) is correctly set 1680x1050, but the second is unable to go over the (square) resolution of 1024x768.

I tryed to configure them using nvidia control without success.
I've also tryed to configure them using nano and writing the appropriate settings on my Xorg.conf

I'm using

Nvidia Driver: 185.18.14
Xorg: 1.6.2 (10602000)
Nv Control: 1.18

Here is my actual xorg.conf:

Please note that i tryed to configure xorg manually overriding the "Screen" section.
In the "Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +1680+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"" line i tryed overriding the nvidia-auto-select resolution parameter using:
Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1680x1050 +1680+0, DFP: 1680x1050 +0+0"", without success...

Thanks to anyone smile

Luca

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath      "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "record"
    Load           "dri2"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "dri"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "CRT-1"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 55.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Card0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName      "G94 [GeForce 9600 GT]"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 9600 GT"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "1"
    Option         "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +1680+0, DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

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#2 2009-07-29 01:26:37

thisllub
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From: Northern NSW Australia
Registered: 2007-12-28
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Re: Nvidia Twin View - Unable to set the second Monitor Resolution

I either use nvidia-settings as root and save the configuration or as a normal user then copy and paste.
It is very straighforward that way.

Sometimes the settings can't be changed until after an X restart so you need to save into xorg.conf.

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#3 2009-07-29 05:37:33

Luca Gervasi
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From: Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
Registered: 2007-11-26
Posts: 9
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Re: Nvidia Twin View - Unable to set the second Monitor Resolution

thanks thillub for your answer.

I already did it as root (you cand modify xorg.conf as normal user). but xorg (even after a restart and a full pc restart) ignored my settings...

Thanks again

Luca


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#4 2009-08-01 12:44:07

markp1989
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Re: Nvidia Twin View - Unable to set the second Monitor Resolution

Im having the same problem, i have had 2 screens running fine for ages, and today, the resolution of the 2nd 1 is all wrong, its only at 1024*768 insted of 1440*900

any one found a fix for this?

Thanks Markp1989


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#5 2009-08-01 18:28:05

Borosai
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From: Sandy Appendix, U.S.A.
Registered: 2006-06-15
Posts: 227

Re: Nvidia Twin View - Unable to set the second Monitor Resolution

I have an old xorg.conf from 2007 that might be useful, but it might also be outdated. I spent some time reading the documentation to get it just right back then, so I'm hoping it still works.

#
# X Window System Configuration File
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf
#

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "nVidiaTwinView_2560x1024"
    Screen        0                "DualHead_2560x1024"
    InputDevice    "LogitechUltra-X"        "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "MSComfOpt1000"            "CorePointer"
EndSection


Section "ServerFlags"
    Option        "DefaultServerLayout"        "nVidiaTwinView_2560x1024"
    Option        "AllowMouseOpenFail"        "false"
    Option        "BlankTime"            "0"
    Option        "StandbyTime"            "10"
    Option        "SuspendTime"            "0"
    Option        "OffTime"            "0"
    Option        "Xinerama"            "false"    
EndSection


Section "Files"
    RgbPath        "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath    "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/artwiz-fonts"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/local"
    FontPath    "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
EndSection


Section "Module"
    Load        "dbe"
    Load        "extmod"
    Load        "freetype"
    Load        "type1"
    Load        "glx"
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "LogitechUltra-X"
    Driver        "keyboard"
    Option        "CoreKeyboard"
    Option        "Protocol"            "Standard"
    Option        "XkbRules"            "xorg"
    Option        "XkbModel"            "pc104"
    Option        "XkbLayout"            "us"
    #Option        "XkbVariant"            ""
    #Option        "XkbOptions"            ""
EndSection


Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier    "MSComfOpt1000"
    Driver        "mouse"
    Option        "CorePointer"
    Option        "Protocol"            "auto"
    Option        "Device"            "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "Buttons"            "3"
    Option        "ButtonMapping"            "1 2 3"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping"            "4 5"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons"        "false"    
EndSection


Section "Device"
    Identifier    "nVidiaQuadroFX1300"
    VendorName    "PNY Technologies"
    BoardName    "NV38GL [nVidia Quadro FX 1300]"
    Driver        "nvidia"
    BusID        "PCI:4:0:0"
    Option        "NoLogo"            "true"
    Option        "RenderAccel"            "true"
    Option        "UBB"                "false"
    Option        "NoFlip"                        "false"
    Option        "Coolbits"            "0"
    Option        "TwinView"            "true"
    Option        "DynamicTwinView"        "true"
    Option        "ConnectedMonitor"        "DFP-0, DFP-1"
    Option        "TwinViewOrientation"        "DFP-0 LeftOf DFP-1"
    Option        "MetaModes"            "DFP-0: 1280x1024, DFP-1: 1280x1024; DFP-1: 1280x1024"
    Option        "UseEdidFreqs"            "false"
    Option        "HorizSync"            "DFP-0: 28-64; DFP-1: 28-64"
    Option        "VertRefresh"            "DFP-0: 60; DFP-1: 60"
    Option        "UseEdidDpi"            "false"
    Option        "DPI"                "96x96"
EndSection


#Section "Extensions"
#    Option        "Composite"            "Enable"
#EndSection    


Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "DFP-0"
    VendorName    "Sony Corporation"
    ModelName    "SDM-S74"
    HorizSync    28-64
    VertRefresh    60
    Option        "DPMS"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"
    Identifier    "DFP-1"
    VendorName    "Sony Corporation"
    ModelName    "SDM-S74"
    HorizSync    28-64
    VertRefresh    60
    Option        "DPMS"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
    Identifier    "DualHead_2560x1024"
    Device        "nVidiaQuadroFX1300"
    Monitor        "DFP-0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection    "Display"
        Depth        24
        ViewPort    0 0
        Modes        "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Last edited by Borosai (2009-08-01 18:28:48)

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