[Xorg] need help to get dual view

Alex Deucher agd5f at yahoo.com
Thu May 6 07:35:12 PDT 2004


--- DonAnde <don.ande at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> sorry, perhaps my question was a little bit unclear.
> 
> I know that dual-view is not working when I want to use the dvi/tv
> from
> the nvidia-card, that's a nvidia-related-problem.
> 
> But It already has to work, when I use dual view with two independent
> cards, because that's an X-feature, isn't it?
> 
> The tv-card got an own tv-output, and it'll work when I use it alone.
> 
> But when I specify two screens in the serverlayout-section, only one
> (the lcd) will work, the other remains black.

Ah.  I'm not familiar with the FB driver for the pvr card.  you might
want to ask on the pvr devel or users lists.

Alex

> 
> greetings Andreas
> 
> p.s.
> sorry for my poor english :(
> Am Do, den 06.05.2004 schrieb Alex Deucher um 14:41:
> > Ask nvidia, they wrote the driver.  Unfortunately, since it's
> closed
> > source, there's not much we can do.  In my experience, most
> dualhead
> > cards can not do multihead with the tv-out port.  
> > 
> > Alex
> > 
> > --- DonAnde <don.ande at gmx.de> wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > since I baught a nec-lcd and use the dvi-output of my
> nvidia-card, i
> > > don't get the tv-out of the nvidia-card to work anymore.
> > > 
> > > Before, I had a dual-view-configuration (twinview didn't work).
> The
> > > desktop was stretched over both screens.
> > > 
> > > I've got a haupauge pvr 350 with tv-out.
> > > I tested the ivtv-fb-driver and the image is really beautiful and
> > > sharp,
> > > so I'd like to get it working simultanously with my LCD.
> > > 
> > > The Problem:
> > > X only starts on one screen (the LCD). The tv remains black and I
> > > can't
> > > move the mouse in the tv-screen.
> > > 
> > > Both are working nice alone, but I'm not able to get it working
> > > together
> > > 



	
		
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