William, I will be interest in how you get on, since I have a dual monitor Ultra 27 with Quadro NVS 290. The problems I have had so far:
1) A lot of problem with second monitor with special effects turned on. I fixed this by getting my hands on a more compatible monitor. 2) When you get it working, please keep an eye on the screensaver password window. Let me know if the entering password takes an age?? Andrew > William Kucharski wrote: >> I've recently installed a new generic PC containing a Quadro NVS 290, >> but my dual monitor setup no longer works. >> >> Specifically, monitor 2 is a Dell 2001 FP. >> >> The NVidia driver correctly probes the monitor, but trying to drive it >> at its native 1600x1200 at 60 Hz fails to bring the monitor out of sleep >> mode. >> >> I can reduce the resolution to 1280x1024, and that will wake up the >> second monitor, but as that's a non-native resolution it looks horrible. >> >> This same setup worked fine with an older Nvidia card in an Ultra 20, >> so it appears to be an issue with the Quadro NVS 290 and Twinview. >> >> (I also when playing with this get lots of errors about bad metamodes.) >> >> Is this a known bug? >> >> > No. > > Quadro NVS 290 is supposed to support at least 154MHz pixel clocks out > of the second digital output for 1920x1200 reduced blanking. > (I'm assuming you are not using an analog cable). However, if the Dell > asks for VESA 1600x1200 at 60Hz this will require 162MHz. > > The contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log will offer clues including the maximum > pixel clock for each output. Starting the X server with " -logverbose 5" > provides even more clues. > > You can also try forcing the use of 1600x1200 at 60Hz with reduced blanking. > In the second monitor section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf add: > > ModeLine "1600x1200rb" 132.3 1600 1608 1672 1776 1200 1205 1215 1239 > +HSync +VSync > > Then call out that name in the modes section: > > Modes "1600x1200rb" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
