Dual-Head Ultra 20

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Hi There,

Just got a new Ultra 20 w/ the Quadro NVS 280 card. Very nice system! I installed the latest nvidia driver and started working w/ TwinView to get a dual head display.

I get the Nvidia logo and the gdm/X11 login page, but the driver seems to reload at login instead of taking me to a desk top. Below is my xorg.conf file.

Thanks a lot!



Section "Module"


Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension

SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection

Load "bitstream"
Load "type1"

Load "Xst"
Load "IA"
Load "glx"

EndSection


Section "Files"


RgbPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/rgb"


FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/sun/"
FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/F3bitmaps/"
FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"



EndSection


Section "ServerFlags"

EndSection



Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"



Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"


Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"



EndSection



Section "InputDevice"


Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"



EndSection





Section "Monitor"

Identifier "My Monitor"


HorizSync 31.5 - 64.3



VertRefresh 50-90

EndSection





Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"

Driver "nvidia"

EndSection


Section "Device"
Identifier "** NVIDIA "
Driver "nvidia"

Option "TwinView"
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024,1280x1024; 1280x1024,1280x1024"

Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "31.5 - 64.3"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50-76"

Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
EndSection



Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "** NVIDIA "
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection




Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "Simple Layout"


Screen "Screen 1"


InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

[rohitg]

Do you know if the NVS 280 card supports TwinView? If not, to get dual head, you may have to configure multiple X screens.

[rohitg]

I finally tried setting TwinView on Ultra 20 with Quadro NVS 280 and it worked.

I had to additionally set

Option "NoTwinViewXineramaInfo" "1"

in the device section to make this work.

I am now running with 2 21" ViewSonic monitors with the virtual screen size of 3200x1200. That's great!!

[ricercar]

running with 2 21" ViewSonic monitors with the virtual screen size of 3200x1200Sweet. I don't have Solaris background, so I can only salute you.
NVS 280 card supports TwinView?Yes, all NVS 280 GPUs support nView. Additionally, the dozen or so Dell Quadro 280 NVS that I've owned or configured include a Y-adapter from a special DVI connector to dual analog VGA. YMMV.