Ben wrote:
Multimonitors is broken on my Ubuntu:
I have an 8800GT with two DVI heads:
1x DVI with convertor to anlogue Dell 17" [EMAIL PROTECTED] LCD
1x DVI to 22" AOC 1600x1050 LCD
I know how to configure xorg.conf to make multimonitors beautiful ( 4x 22"
CRTS at 100Hz with 3d and video overlay was my masterpiece) but the latest
Ubuntus seem to make that a non option. Is there anyway to get xorg.conf
configurability back or are my hands tied forever? (sans rewriting all the
stuff that Ubuntu makes easy of course)
I've tried various configurations, and end up with one of the following
problems:
* I can't position the monitors the right way round. I want the 17" on the
left and the 22" on the right. I have to live with it the other way around,
or suffer one of the following problems:
* resolution is correct on 22" but only the top left 1280x1024 area of the
1600x1050 display is available for use, I can't move the mouse to the rest
of the screen and when I maximise Windows they only fill a 1280x1024 area.
* Everything works correctly except the 22" flickers off occasionally.
Checked all cables, works fine in Windows.
I've tried swapping the monitor connectors, but to no avail.
I like Ubuntu, so my next step is putting in another VGA card. If that fails
and there is no way to get xorg config back or something similar then I will
try another distro. This is not my favourite option as I don't really want
to add another stack of things to my learning list.
Works fine under Win XP (apart from XP being a complete PITA in every other
way of course).
Install
sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings
run it as root
sudo nvidia-settings
there is/was a bug with it saving the xorg.conf
if you have the problem (crashes without saving)
after its started delete xorg.conf
sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
then press save once you have the display set how you want.
My Xorg.conf for a similar setup
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Mon Oct 13 14:53:48
UTC 2008
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
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 "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "BenQ FP 767"
HorizSync 31.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8800 GT"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP:
nvidia-auto-select +1280+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
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