[Tfug] Multiple monitors

[Sean Warburton]

Hi everyone. Does anybody have expierence with multiple monitors? I have
four monitors I had running flawlessly under Windows XP and even Vista, but
I cant seem to do it under PCBSD. The best I am able to do is get two
running (the two attached to my primary video card), but when this happens,
the second monitor is a clone of the first AND Beryl is disabled. With one
monitor, everything runs perfectly.

Would changing my gf.conf file to this:



Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Xinerama"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
Option "Xinerama" "On"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/dejavu/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hebrew/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/vietnamese/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/indic/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ae_fonts1/AAHS"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ae_fonts1/AGA"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ae_fonts1/FS"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ae_fonts1/Kasr"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ae_fonts1/MCS"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ae_fonts1/Shmookh"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
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/bitstream-vera/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
EndSection

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

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Compaq"
ModelName "P920"
HorizSync 31.5 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.2 - 76.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Dell"
ModelName "Trinitron (I will find the exact model number for this monitor)"
HorizSync 31.5 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.2 - 76.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 7900GT/GTO"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "7900 GT/GTO"
BusID "PCI:6:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes  "2560x1600" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "2560x1600" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection



Help get at least two monitors working independantly of each other?
I have two 7900 GTOs each sitting on a full PCI X16 pipe, even when SLI is
enabled. Since I can only enable monitors connected to the first card, would
removing the physical SLI connector (a small bridge that attaches to each
video card) help any? Thanks a lot!
     Sean

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FreeBSD v.1.4 (beta)
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Intel Core 2 Duo 6600
dual eVGA 7900 GT OCs (full x16 SLI)
1 gig DDR2 PC2-6400 (OCd to 866MHz)
250 gig RAID 1 (mirroring)
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four 17" CRTs (uber widescreen)
7.1 surround sound (296 watts)
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