Looking for explanation of driver options!

Dellwood · 10-23-03, 12:03 AM

After many trials and tribulations, I managed to get the nVidia drivers installed. I had to install the kernel module, which hadn't been done for some reason. That didn't take long, actually finding the object file did!

Anyway, the drivers are installed and working nicely, except I'm attempting to get TwinView working, and I'm not entirely sure what all the options are! If someone knows of a document describing the options, and/or giving examples, Í'd be very appreciative! Alternatively, someone could do a quick rundown of the main ones.

The options I'm particularly confused about are:

ConnectedMonitor
ConnectedMonitors
TVStandard
TVOutFormat
RenderAccel
CursorShadow (and all it's variants)
TwinView
TwinViewOrientation
MetaModes
TVOverscan
IgnoreDisplayDevices

I've got a bit of an idea what a few of them might be, and what to put as their properties, but the others I'm just totally confused about!

Thanks
-Alex

LordMorgul · 10-23-03, 12:09 AM

ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Li...496/README.txt

I assume you haven't read this document, if you're looking for additional explanation beyond this, I can't help (haven't done TwinView myself)
See Appendix I.

Dellwood · 10-23-03, 12:18 AM

Ahh, that was very helpful! I skimmed over the readme very quickly, and didn't notice that before. Thanks!

10-23-03, 12:03 AM	#1
Dellwood Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2	Looking for explanation of driver options! After many trials and tribulations, I managed to get the nVidia drivers installed. I had to install the kernel module, which hadn't been done for some reason. That didn't take long, actually finding the object file did! Anyway, the drivers are installed and working nicely, except I'm attempting to get TwinView working, and I'm not entirely sure what all the options are! If someone knows of a document describing the options, and/or giving examples, Í'd be very appreciative! Alternatively, someone could do a quick rundown of the main ones. The options I'm particularly confused about are: ConnectedMonitor ConnectedMonitors TVStandard TVOutFormat RenderAccel CursorShadow (and all it's variants) TwinView TwinViewOrientation MetaModes TVOverscan IgnoreDisplayDevices I've got a bit of an idea what a few of them might be, and what to put as their properties, but the others I'm just totally confused about! Thanks -Alex

10-23-03, 12:09 AM	#2
LordMorgul Electrical Engineer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: San Luis Obispo, CA Posts: 872	ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Li...496/README.txt I assume you haven't read this document, if you're looking for additional explanation beyond this, I can't help (haven't done TwinView myself) See Appendix I. __________________ "..the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." (Edmond Burke) nVIDIA video driver RPMs for Fedora :: see yum repo at livna.org.

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10-23-03, 12:18 AM	#3
Dellwood Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2	Ahh, that was very helpful! I skimmed over the readme very quickly, and didn't notice that before. Thanks!