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I have 2x LCDs & 1x TV. One of the LCDs is rotated through 90 degrees. Ideally what I want is one X screen for the LCDs using Twinview (so that I can drag windows between them) & a second X screen for the TV, however I can't seem to rotate one LCD without rotating the entire X screen, so I would be happy with 3 working separate X screens.
I have managed to get the primary LCD & the TV working;
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder26) Wed Sep 12 14:29:53 PDT 2007
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder26) Wed Sep 12 14:29:17 PDT 2007
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 720 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "NEC LCD1760VM"
HorizSync 31.0 - 69.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "TV-0"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option "TVStandard" "PAL-I"
Option "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"
# Option "TVOverScan" "1.0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8400 GS"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8400 GS"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP: 1280x1024_60 +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "TV: 720x480 +0+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "TV: 800x600 +0+0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "TV: 1024x768 +0+0"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Videocard1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "TV: 720x576 +0+0"
EndSectionAnd I have managed to get both LCDs working (but without the TV);
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder26) Wed Sep 12 14:29:53 PDT 2007
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder26) Wed Sep 12 14:29:17 PDT 2007
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
Screen 2 "Screen2" LeftOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "NEC LCD1760VM"
HorizSync 31.0 - 69.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "RTK 17'' LCDMonitor"
HorizSync 20.0 - 92.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 85.0
Option "Rotate" "right"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor2
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "TV-0"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option "TVStandard" "PAL-I"
Option "TVOutFormat" "COMPOSITE"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8400 GS"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8400 GS"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard2"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8400 GS"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 2
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Videocard1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: 1024x768_60 +0+0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen2"
Device "Videocard2"
Monitor "Monitor2"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "TV: 720x576 +0+0"
EndSectionI can't see any reason why the second config doesn't output to the TV, so if anybody can shed some light I would greatly appreciate it.
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Hi!. How many video cards do you have?
It seems to me you only have ONE.
As far as I knew, the second output on most video cards can be either a LCD or a TV, but you cannot output signals on both.
In another word, there are only TWO outputs on a video card.
Maybe I am wrong because your card (8400) is way fancier than mine.
I have tried using both a Video card and integrated video chips on board to do what you want. However, it seems that most motherboards (again, old ones) will disable onboard video chip if a videocard is inserted.
You can try inserting two video cards and use different PCI BUS ID to differentiate them in your xorg.conf
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One video card, which has 3 outputs; DVI, DSUB & Composite. DVI is connected to the primary LCD, DSUB to the secondary LCD & Composite to the TV.
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One video card, which has 3 outputs; DVI, DSUB & Composite. DVI is connected to the primary LCD, DSUB to the secondary LCD & Composite to the TV.
Just like what I expected, you can NOT use bot DSUB and Composite at the SAME TIME.
If LCD is on, TV will be off and vice versa.
If you can achieve this under Windows, then, it may still be chance for use to try on Linux.
I am strongly suspicious that you can achieve that, because most video cards only have two DAC (digital/analog convertor) chips. that means two output devices at the same time.
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Ah, this I did not know. I've got no way to test under Windows unfortunately, so I will fo some googling of my card's model to see if anybody has achieved both DSUB & composite.
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It _may_ still be possible to show 3 outputs, since dvi-d is digital, and thus needs no digital to analog converter to produce output.
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