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Re: [suse-xfree86] how to configure 4 monitors by two NVIDIA dualhead graphic cards
- From: Joerg Bruehe <joerg.bruehe@xxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:23:02 +0000 (UTC)
- Message-id: <42AEA1F2.3080402@xxxxxx>
Hi!
GAO JIN wrote:
In my PC, I had an nVidia Geforce FX 5200 card, with two connectors (VGA + DVI) and 128 MB video RAM. I connected two TFTs to it.
In the boot phase (BIOS + Linux kernel), both worked and showed the text lines. As soon as X started, only one worked, and I could not get the other to display anything (with many tries at the X config file).
I had this effect using both the free "nv" and nVidia's commercial driver, with SuSE 8.2 and 9.1 - really no luck.
On recommendation by two colleagues I got me an old Matrox G 450 card (two VGA connectors, only 32 MB video RAM): It worked immediately!
(Aside: with the Matrox even rotation works, so one screen is operated in landscape mode and the other in portrait - something which is admitted to be impossible on nVidia.)
So I am sorry for you, but I propose to use another brand.
HTH,
Joerg Bruehe
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Joerg Bruehe - persoenliche Aeusserung / speaking only for himself
mailto:joerg.bruehe@xxxxxx
GAO JIN wrote:
I am trying to configure 4 monitors by two NVIDIA dualhead graphic cards under SuSe9.2, but cannot make it anyhow.
Can anyone give me some information about it or send me a xorg.conf file.
In my PC, I had an nVidia Geforce FX 5200 card, with two connectors (VGA + DVI) and 128 MB video RAM. I connected two TFTs to it.
In the boot phase (BIOS + Linux kernel), both worked and showed the text lines. As soon as X started, only one worked, and I could not get the other to display anything (with many tries at the X config file).
I had this effect using both the free "nv" and nVidia's commercial driver, with SuSE 8.2 and 9.1 - really no luck.
On recommendation by two colleagues I got me an old Matrox G 450 card (two VGA connectors, only 32 MB video RAM): It worked immediately!
(Aside: with the Matrox even rotation works, so one screen is operated in landscape mode and the other in portrait - something which is admitted to be impossible on nVidia.)
So I am sorry for you, but I propose to use another brand.
HTH,
Joerg Bruehe
--
Joerg Bruehe - persoenliche Aeusserung / speaking only for himself
mailto:joerg.bruehe@xxxxxx
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