Re: [suse-xfree86] nVidia FX 5200: VGA + DVI: general questions to prepare for dual-heading
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Joerg Bruehe wrote:
You won't see it in the rpm database - the "nv" driver is part of XFree86, while the "nvidia" driver module is the non-free driver version from NVidia, that supports 3D acceleration and some other features.
Ok, that explains it. I was surprised by rpm not showing it.
Not sure if it was part of SuSE 8.2 already, but current SuSE releases include a neat tool named "pin" - it will grep the package lists and descriptions for a certain string and will list all matching RPM packages. Quite handy.
So it looks like the framebuffer (at boot) sends the signals to all available outputs, but when X starts it only sends to the configured one. This is plausible.
Right, that's what happens with my G450 as well.
What I still fail to understand: The text mode consoles are not handled via X, AIUI.
Correct - they usually use the VESA Framebuffer driver.
So where is the config info that sends their signals to the VGA output (only)?
Good question - I assume this is something that needs to be configured in the X configuration.
I had tried that, but did not succeed - neither with "sax2" directly nor via Yast. Well, dual-heading is no typical situation. I fear this requires manual editing of the X configuration - much cut-and-paste, plus changing the identifiers.
I was able to set up my dual-head Xinerama configuration with sax2 without any manual interaction. But this is of course a newer version than the one that came with SUSE 8.2...
It depends on the card - even though some have two separate outlets (Sub-D and DVI) I am not quite sure if all of them support driving both ports simultaneously. I do have a Matrox G450, which I use in dual-head mode.
According to the nVidia homepage, it should work with a FX 5200. I am just looking for a Howto-like document, not vendor appraisal.
Good luck!
Bye,
LenZ
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