FC5 - dual display w/ GeForce2

Jamie Bohr jamiebohr at gmail.com
Mon Nov 6 03:50:17 UTC 2006


After running the command the settings for the second display are gone.
Wished I created a backup.

On 11/5/06, Lonni J Friedman <netllama at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 11/5/06, Jamie Bohr <jamiebohr at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I put a GeForce2 MX/MX 400 NVidia card in a FC5 system today, a gift
> from
> > from a friend.  I am trying to get dual display working and am not
> having
> > any luck.  From the articles I've read the card is capable of supporting
> > dual displays.  I installed the NVidia driver (from NVidia).  When X
> starts
> > the second display flickers them stops.  I have two HP p1110 displays
> > attached.  I have attached my xorg.conf file for reference and a screen
> shot
> > of the display settings.  If I set the monitor types in "Display
> Settings" X
> > will refuse to start.  I can send the error logs if they would be
> helpful.
> >
> > I have googled and tried a few things, none worked.
> >
> > I would like to use two displays if I can.
> >
> > Thank you for your help,
> > --
>
> Redhat's tools are completely unaware of what the nvidia driver can
> accomplish.  If you want to use two displays, try running as root:
> nvidia-xconfig -a --twinview
>
> and then restart X.
>
>
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Jamie Bohr
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