[lug] XF86 multi-vid cards

jdavis lug at taproot.bz
Mon Dec 30 14:11:31 MST 2002


have you tried with Xinerama off?
jd


On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 11:38, Paul Nowosielski wrote:
> Ok this is what I've done so far.
> Taken out all the modules, changed IRQ's, and changed from the Nvidia
> driver to the NV driver which does not load openGL mods.
> 
>  Now when I type xinit both screens initialize and I can use the
> keyboard.
>  But if I type in anything but a simple command the box locks up.
> bash$ ls -l 
> is fine but
> bash$ vi /etc/X11/XFree86-4
> locks the box up.
> 
> I can launch the blackbox WM on one moniter 0:0.0 but not on 0:0.1 .
> When it is running on 0:0.1 it fills 1 monitor and the second one has a
> little bit of the WM.
> When I touch the mouse to the right side of the screen everything locks,
> when I launch an app every thing locks.
> So.. I think this may just be a hardware problem.
> The S3 is very old and the nvidia is new but I am including my config if
> any one wants to take a look.
> 
> Thanks for all your help suggestions!
> 
> Paul
> 
> ##XFree86-4 config
> 
> Section "Files"
>     FontPath "unix/:-1"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
>     #Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
>     #Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
>     #Load "extmod"
>     #Load "type1"
>     #Load "freetype"
>     #Load "glx" # 3D layer
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>     Identifier "Keyboard1"
>     Driver "Keyboard"
>     Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
>     Option "XkbLayout" "us"
>     Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>     Identifier "Mouse1"
>     Driver "mouse"
>     Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>     Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
>     Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
> ##
> ##MONITORS
> ##
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier "monitor2"
>     VendorName "Plug'n Play"
>     HorizSync 30-70
>     VertRefresh 50-160
>     # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
>     # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
>     ModeLine "1024x480"    65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344   480  488  494 
> 563 -hsync -vsync
>     # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
>     # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
>     ModeLine "768x576"     50.00  768  832  846 1000   576  590  595 
> 630
>     # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
>     ModeLine "768x576"     63.07  768  800  960 1024   576  578  590 
> 616
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier "monitor1"
>     VendorName "Generic"
>     ModelName "1024x768 @ 70 Hz"
>     HorizSync 31.5-57.0
>     VertRefresh 50-70
>     
>     # Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
>     # 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
>     ModeLine "1024x480"    65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344   480  488  494 
> 563 -hsync -vsync
>     
>     # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
>     # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
>     ModeLine "768x576"     50.00  768  832  846 1000   576  590  595 
> 630
>     
>     # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
>     ModeLine "768x576"     63.07  768  800  960 1024   576  578  590 
> 616
> EndSection
> ##
> ##DEVICES
> ##
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier "device1"
>     VendorName "S3 Inc."
>     BoardName "S3 Trio64 (generic)"
>     Driver "s3"
>     VideoRam 2048
>     BusID "PCI:0:11:0"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier "device2"
>     VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
>     BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce2 DDR (generic)"
>     Driver "nv"
>     BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
> ##
> ##SCREENS
> ##
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier "screen2"
>     Device "device2"
>     Monitor "monitor2"
>     DefaultColorDepth 16
> 	Subsection "Display"
> 	    Depth 8
> 	    Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubsection
> 	Subsection "Display"
> 	    Depth 15
> 	    Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>         EndSubsection
> 	Subsection "Display"
> 	    Depth 16
> 	    Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubsection
> 	Subsection "Display"
> 	    Depth 24
> 	    Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> 	EndSubsection
> EndSection
> 														
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier "screen1"
>     Device "device1"
>     Monitor "monitor1"
>     DefaultColorDepth 16
>     
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth 8
>         Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>     EndSubsection
>     
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth 15
>         Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>     EndSubsection
>     
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth 16
>         Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>     EndSubsection
>     
>     Subsection "Display"
>         Depth 24
>         Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>     EndSubsection
> EndSection
> ##
> ##SERVER LAYOUT
> ##
> Section "ServerLayout"
>     Identifier "Layout1"
>     InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
>     InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
>     Screen "screen 2"
>     Screen "screen1" RightOf "screen2"
>     Option "Xinerama"
> EndSection
> #Section "ServerLayout"
> #    Identifier "Layout2"
> #    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
> #    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
> #    Screen "screen1"
> #EndSection
> 
> 
> 
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