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Join Date: Jul 2004
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OK, I have an nVidea GeForce FX 5900 XT, and it has three outputs, vga, dvi, and s-vidio, How many screens can I have coming off this card? and How do I go about setting up these screens?
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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You can have two. Here is my X config for reference:
Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "type1" Load "speedo" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "extmod" EndSection Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/artwiz-fonts/" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/" EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" Option "RENDER" "Enable" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Blackboard" Driver "kbd" Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc101" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "MX500" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "MonitorSmalls" HorizSync 30-97 VertRefresh 50-180 Option "DPMS" Option "NoDDC" "true" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "MonitorBiggie" HorizSync 30-70 VertRefresh 50-160 Option "DPMS" Option "NoDDC" "false" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Standard VGA" VendorName "Unknown" BoardName "Unknown" Driver "vga" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "QuadroBiggie" Driver "nvidia" Option "NoLogo" "True" Option "DPMS" Option "RenderAccel" "1" Option "NvAGP" "2" Option "CursorShadow" "1" Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "64" BusId "AGP:01:00:0" Screen 1 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "QuadroSmalls" Driver "nvidia" Option "NoLogo" "True" Option "DPMS" Option "RenderAccel" "1" Option "NvAGP" "2" Option "CursorShadow" "1" Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "64" BusID "AGP:01:00:0" Screen 0 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Smalls" Device "QuadroSmalls" Monitor "MonitorSmalls" DefaultDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Biggie" Device "QuadroBiggie" Monitor "MonitorBiggie" DefaultDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1600x12000" "1280x1024" "1024x768" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Chicago" Screen 0 "Biggie" Screen 1 "Smalls" LeftOf "Biggie" InputDevice "MX500" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Blackboard" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection |
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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How do I find out what the "Screen" numbers for the ports are? do I just guess?
I know that VGA is "Screen 0" |
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