Not a normal TwinView question

[DustSmoke]

Does anybody know if it is possible to jump between metamodes without restarting X?

I like to watch movies on the tv (since it's huge) but my crappy tv encoder on this card can only do 800x600. If you ask me, xinerama is unusable for CRT,TV combos "rightof,leftof,etc" and can only be used as "clone" (expecially if you plan on 2 different resolutions) So far multiple X enviroments and exporting the display to head 1/0 for an application is the best bet for linux as it stands. (but extremely cumbersome, xinerama would be possible if anybody would write software to stick to primairy heads instead of it randomly picking a head to display on.)

So what I would like to do is jump between "metamodes" "1024x768, NULL; NULL, 800x600" without constantly keeping the system in runlevel 3 so I can edit the dumb XF86Config file every single time I feel like watching a movie. (so i don't have to wait a year for the system to reboot)

Is there a better way? Is it possible with something other than a mobile processor?

Thanks

[bwkaz]

Ctrl-Alt-KeypadPlus and Ctrl-Alt-KeypadMinus

[DustSmoke]

I tried that and it doesn't seem to work for me. (doesn't seem to do anything)

Does it work for you? Here's how I have twinview setup.

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Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Gainward"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX 400"
VideoRam 32768
Option "TwinView"
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, NULL; NULL, 800x600"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, TV"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "Clone"
EndSection
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It seems to ignore the Screen sections modes with nvidia driver loaded on X 4.3.0

[Jayce]

ACtually, I'm having this same problem since upgrading to the new .run based drivers. using the usual resolutions switching sequence doesn't work if I'm in twinview. Single monitor mode it works fine. I've played areound enough with everything else, if I just turn off twinview I can change resolutions.

This of course is annoying, because now I can't play any games, since they drop in the middle of the two monitors, and the other turns off.

[DustSmoke]

Works exactly the same for me....

nvidia driver bug I guess

[bwkaz]

Originally posted by DustSmoke
I tried that and it doesn't seem to work for me. (doesn't seem to do anything)

Does it work for you? Yes, but I don't use TwinView, so, perhaps not.

I was under the impression from somewhere (the README perhaps? maybe) that that would work.