On Tuesday 06 February 2007 20:40, Rohan NARULA wrote:
Hi,
I am running OpenSuse 10.2 on Intel Core Duo mqchine using 2 Nvidia 7600 512 Mb cards. I want to run four monitors on this machine but when I plug them in, Suse detects only two. How can I fix this problem?
Also, I want to get the function keys to work (as they don't seem to work at the current moment). Any advice on this?
Before you start, check output of: /sbin/lspci to see is the second Nvidia 7600 adapter recognized. If it is not listed than there is BIOS or other hardware problem that prevents use of second Nvidia 7600 adapter. If lspci shows 4 adapters than try to go to YaST -- Hardware -- Display and see what it shows? The other place where I would look is /etc/X11/xorg.conf where you will be able to see 2 sets of entries, probably for 1 of video adapters. Making copy of present information for first 2 screens, section by section, and changing numbers from 0 and 1 to 2 and 3, and changing BusID (PCI bus ID) for second adapter should bring another 2 screens up, unless there are some limitations in X server. Below I listed what is different in sections that should exist for 4 monitors of the same kind connected to 2 adapters: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor[0]" Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor[1]" Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor[2]" Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor[3]" Section "Modes" Identifier "Modes[0]" Section "Modes" Identifier "Modes[1]" Section "Modes" Identifier "Modes[2]" Section "Modes" Identifier "Modes[3]" Section "Screen" Device "Device[0]" Identifier "Screen[0]" Monitor "Monitor[0]" Section "Screen" Device "Device[1]" Identifier "Screen[1]" Monitor "Monitor[1]" Section "Screen" Device "Device[2]" Identifier "Screen[2]" Monitor "Monitor[2]" Section "Screen" Device "Device[3]" Identifier "Screen[3]" Monitor "Monitor[3]" Section "Device" BusID "1:0:0" Identifier "Device[0]" Section "Device" BusID "x:x:x" Identifier "Device[1]" Section "Device" BusID "x:x:x" Identifier "Device[2]" Section "Device" BusID "x:x:x" Identifier "Device[3]" The x:x:x you can pick up from command /sbin/lspci Edit: Section "ServerLayout" to add another 2 screens. -- Regards, Rajko. http://en.opensuse.org/Portal -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org