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Adam Wolfe Gordon wrote:
> On 8/29/06, Mitchell Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Anyways, I've just installed PCLinuxOS .93a Big Daddy, and its working
>> FLAWLESSLY. Except, for my second monitor. The entire display is colorful
>> lines of snow. Its reacting to things though, like, if I'm on one screen and
>> move to the desktop (major redraw) the colors whir around. I tried trading
>> places, and the problem just happens on the other display. It almost seems
>> as if that video out on the card is ... screwed up or something. Either that
>> or its software. Whatta you guys think?
>
> I've found that the best way to run dual monitors with an nVidia card
> is to use the TwinView feature of the nVidia (non-free) drivers. I've
> run my dual monitors this way for a few years and it works flawlessly.
>
> Yes, I know, I'm a terrible person for contaminating my kernel with
> proprietary drivers, but it makes my setup work as sexily as it
> should, so I do it.
>
I use twinview on new media PC (well actually a bunch of leftover
parts). The TV has a different set of parameters.
Here is the excerpt from my xorg.conf
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Corporation 82815 CGC [Chipset Graphics
Controller]"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "TwinView"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768; 800x600, 800x600;
640x480, 640x480;"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
EndSection
I am also comfortable with being an evil binary driver user. Maybe
Intel can help put pressure on Nvidia and ATI, but I am also not holding
my breath.
A full list of options can be found here:
http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-8762/README/appendix-d.html
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