[kde-linux] 2 monitors with nv

James bjlockie at lockie.ca
Sat Oct 1 19:16:31 UTC 2011


I switched from the proprietary nvidia driver to nv and I can't my 
desktop to work like it did before.

I have two monitors 1920x1200 and 1680x1050.
I want one desktop.
As soon as I change DVI1 to be "Position: Right of DVI0", it changes 
back to "Position: Clone of DVI0".

http://lockie.ca/test/X.png

$ sudo more /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 1.0  (root at Gentoo-desktop)  Tue Aug  4 
22:59:39 EDT
2009


Section "ServerLayout"

#    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
#    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
     Identifier     "Layout0"
     Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
     InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
     InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

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

Section "ServerFlags"
     Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

     # generated from data in "/etc/conf.d/gpm"
     Identifier     "Mouse0"
     Driver         "mouse"
     Option         "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
     Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
     Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
     Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

     # generated from default
     Identifier     "Keyboard0"
     Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

     # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
     Identifier     "Monitor0"
     VendorName     "Unknown"
     ModelName      "Samsung SyncMaster"
     HorizSync       27.0 - 81.0
     VertRefresh     50.0 - 75.0
     Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

     # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
     Identifier     "Monitor1"
     VendorName     "Samsung"
     ModelName      "Samsung SyncMaster"
     HorizSync       27.0 - 81.0
     VertRefresh     50.0 - 75.0
     Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
     Driver         "nv"
#    Driver         "nvidia"
     Identifier     "Device0"
     VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
     BoardName      "GeForce 8800 GT"
     Option         "NoLogo" "true"
     Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
EndSection

#   BusID          "PCI:4:0:0"
#   Screen          1

Section "Screen"

# Removed Option "TwinView" "0"
# Removed Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
     Identifier     "Screen0"
     Device         "Device0"
     Monitor        "Monitor0"
     DefaultDepth    24
     Option         "TwinView" "1"
     Option         "metamodes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP-1: 
nvidia-auto-select +1920+0"
     SubSection     "Display"
         Depth       24
     EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
     Identifier     "Screen1"
     Device         "Device1"
     Monitor        "Monitor1"
     DefaultDepth    24
     Option         "TwinView" "0"
     Option         "metamodes" "DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
     SubSection     "Display"
         Depth       24
     EndSubSection
EndSection




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