problems with dual heads

[jdokulil]

I have been having a lot of problems trying to get both of my monitors working with my new card. I can get Twinview going, but I want to have two seperate screens, each with their own menus, etc. Whenever I try to setup two seperate screens, I get the following warning in the X log:
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Multiple displays connected, but only one display allowed;
(WW) NVIDIA(0): using first display

My only guess would be that I have the BusID setup wrong for the two Device sections.

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks.

Jon Dokulil

Card: PNY GeForce FX 5600 Ultra AGP
Driver Version: 1.0-4496
Distribution: Red Hat 9.0
Video Bios Revision: 0 (as far as I can tell)
Processor: P4 2.4Ghz
Motherboard: Gigabyte 845PE


XF86Config:
################################################## ########################
# Custom X-Free86 Server Configuration
#
# Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details about the format of
# this file.
#
################################################## ########################

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection


################################################## ########################
# Server flags section.
################################################## ########################

Section "ServerFlags"
# Uncomment this to cause a core dump at the spot where a signal is
# received. This may leave the console in an unusable state, but may
# provide a better stack trace in the core dump to aid in debugging
#NoTrapSignals

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><BS> server abort sequence
# This allows clients to receive this key event.
#DontZap

# Uncomment this to disable the <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> mode switching
# sequences. This allows clients to receive these key events.
#DontZoom

# This allows the server to start up even if the
# mouse device can't be opened/initialised.
AllowMouseOpenFail
EndSection


################################################## ########################
# Input devices
################################################## ########################

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "AutoRepeat" "250 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
EndSection


################################################## ########################
# Module section
################################################## ########################

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "glx"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection

################################################## ########################
# Monitor section
################################################## ########################

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor2"
VendorName "ViewSonic"
ModelName "VX900"
HorizSync 30-82
VertRefresh 50-75
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Mitsubisi"
ModelName "DiamondPoint SB70"
HorizSync 30-70
VertRefresh 50-120
EndSection


################################################## ########################
# Graphics device section(s)
# lspci : prints all slots on the PCI bus
################################################## ########################

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVidia1"
VendorName "nvidia"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVidia2"
VendorName "nvidia"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection


################################################## ########################
# Screen sections
################################################## ########################

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "NVidia1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen2"
Device "NVidia2"
Monitor "Monitor2"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubsection
EndSection


################################################## ########################
# ServerLayout sections
# (invoke using the '-layout' option of 'startx'.
################################################## ########################

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "myServerLayout"
Screen 0 "Screen1"
Screen 1 "Screen2" RightOf "Screen1"
InputDevice "Mouse" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

[promd]

I've the same problem, did you ever get a solution????

[jdokulil]

Nope, I sorry. I ended up installing Windows XP Professional instead. I still miss the terminal, but Linux is just not ready for anything but power-users at this point.

[skinny_p]

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "myServerLayout"
Screen 0 "Screen1"
Screen 1 "Screen2" RightOf "Screen1"
InputDevice "Mouse" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Where is your Screen 0 ?
you need may be to replace Screen 0 by Screen 1
and Screen 1 by Screen 2

here my XF86Config-4
geforce TI4400, 2 CRT (19' and 17'), driver 5336 and it works fine

# File generated by XFdrake.

# ************************************************** ********************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# ************************************************** ********************

Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
Option "XkbOptions" ""
Option "XkbCompat" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/usbmouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor0"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "1600x1200 @ 74 Hz"
HorizSync 31.5-82
VertRefresh 50-90

# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "1280x960 @ 74 Hz"
HorizSync 31.5-82
VertRefresh 50-90

# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia0"
VendorName "NVidia"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)"
Driver "nvidia"
Screen 0
BusID "1:0:0"
Option "DPMS"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, CRT"
Option "NvAGP" "1"
Option "CursorShadow" "1"
Option "DigitalVibrance" "2"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia1"
VendorName "NVidia"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)"
Driver "nvidia"
Screen 1
BusID "1:0:0"
Option "DPMS"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, CRT"
Option "NvAGP" "1"
Option "CursorShadow" "1"
Option "DigitalVibrance" "3"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen0"
Device "nvidia0"
Monitor "monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Virtual 1600 1200
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Virtual 1600 1200
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Virtual 1600 1200
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1600 1200
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "nvidia1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Virtual 1280 960
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 15
Virtual 1280 960
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Virtual 1280 960
EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Virtual 1280 960
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
Screen 0 "screen0"
Screen 1 "screen1" RightOf "screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
EndSection

[McQuaid]

I'm dealing with the same problem, already have a thread on it with no responses. I would use twinview but I want overlay for tv out for movies. I'm surprised more people don't have this problem. What good is twinview for tv out if you can't even play back movies/watch tv via a tv tuner with no overlay?