[Xorg] need help to get dual view

Alex Deucher agd5f at yahoo.com
Thu May 6 05:41:02 PDT 2004


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
> 
> the relevant part of my xorg.conf
> 
> #### NEC LCD ####
> Section "Monitor"
>   Option       "CalcAlgorithm" "CheckDesktopGeometry"
>   DisplaySize  360 270
>   HorizSync    31.5-75  #91.1
>   Identifier   "Monitor[0]"
>   ModelName    "1600X1200 at 60HZ"
>   Option       "DPMS"
>   #Option       "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
>   VendorName   "--> LCD"
>   VertRefresh  60       #50-85
>   UseModes     "Modes[0]"
>   #Gamma   1.15  1.20  1.20  # created by KGamma
> EndSection
> 
> 
> Section "Modes"
>   Identifier   "Modes[0]"
>   Modeline      "800x600" 38.22 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 622
>   Modeline      "640x480" 23.86 640 656 720 800 480 481 484 497
>   Modeline      "1600x1200" 160.96 1600 1704 1880 2160 1200 1201 1204
> 1242
>   Modeline      "1400x1050" 122.61 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1051 1054
> 1087
>   Modeline      "1280x1024" 108.88 1280 1360 1496 1712 1024 1025 1028
> 1060
>   Modeline      "1280x960" 102.10 1280 1360 1496 1712 960 961 964 994
>   Modeline      "1152x864" 81.62 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895
>   Modeline      "1024x768" 64.11 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795
>   Modeline      "1600x1024" 136.36 1600 1704 1872 2144 1024 1025 1028
> 1060
>   Modeline      "1600x1000" 133.14 1600 1704 1872 2144 1000 1001 1004
> 1035
>   Modeline      "800x600" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628
> +hsync
> +vsync
> EndSection
> 
> 
> Section "Device"
>   BoardName    "GeForce FX 5600"
>   BusID         "3:0:0"
>   #Driver       "nv"
>   Driver        "nvidia"
>   Identifier   "Device[0]"
>   Screen       0
>   Option       "Rotate" "off"
>   Option       "NoLogo" "1"
>   Option       "NvAGP"  "1"
>   Option       "CursorShadow" "true"
>   Option       "RenderAccel"  "no"
>   VendorName   "NVidia"
> #  Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV"
> #### Nvidia Twinview Section ####
> #  Option "IgnoreEDID" "1"
> #  Option "Twinview"
> #  Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
> #  Option "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
> #  Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
> #  Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "50"
> #  Option "MetaModes" "1600x1200, 800x600; 1024x768, 1024x768; NULL,
> 800x600;"
> #  Option "TVStandard" "PAL-G"
> #  Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
> ###  VendorName   "NVidia"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>   DefaultDepth 24
>   SubSection "Display"
>     Depth      15
>     Modes      "1600x1200" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050"
> "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"
>  "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>     Depth      16
>     Modes      "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960"
> "1152x864"
> "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>     Depth      24
>     Modes      "1600x1200" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050"
> "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864"
>  "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>     Depth      32
>     Modes      "800x600"
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>     Depth      4
>     Modes      "640x480"
>   EndSubSection
>   SubSection "Display"
>     Depth      8
>     Modes      "1600x1200" "1600x1024" "1600x1000" "1400x1050"
> "1280x1024" "1280x960" 
> "1152x864"
>  "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>   EndSubSection
>   Device       "Device[0]"
>   Identifier   "Screen[0]"
>   Monitor      "Monitor[0]"
> EndSection
> #### /NEC LCD ####
> 
> [...]
> 
> #### PVR350 TVOUT ####
> Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier  "Hauppauge PVR350 Monitor"
>        HorizSync  30-68
>        VertRefresh 50-120
>        Mode "720x576"
>          DotClock 42.6
>          HTimings 720 760 832 944
>          VTimings 576 577 580 602
>          Flags    "-HSync" "-VSync"
>        EndMode
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Hauppauge PVR350"
>         Driver      "fbdev"
>         Option      "fbdev" "/dev/fb1"
> #       Screen 0
>         Screen 1
>         ### change the busid to whatever is reported by lspci. Note 
>         ### output of lspci is hex, so add a preceding "0x" to the 
>         ###BusID
>         BusID "01:08:0"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier  "Hauppauge PVR350 Screen"
>         Device      "Hauppauge PVR350"
>         Monitor     "Hauppauge PVR350 Monitor"
>         DefaultDepth 24
>         DefaultFbbpp 32
>         Subsection "Display"
>           Depth 24
>           FbBpp 32
>           Modes "720x480"
>         EndSubsection
> EndSection
> #### /PVR350 TVOUT ####
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier      "Layout[all]"
>         InputDevice     "Keyboard[0]"   "CoreKeyboard"
>         InputDevice     "Mouse[1]"      "CorePointer"
> [...]
>         Option          "Clone"         "on"
>         Option          "Xinerama"      "off"
>         Screen  0       "Screen[0]"
> 
> #       Screen  1       "Hauppauge PVR350 Screen"
>         Screen  "Hauppauge PVR350 Screen" LeftOf "Screen[0]"
> EndSection
> 
> Do anyone know whats wrong? The lcd works, the tv remains black.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> greetings Andreas
> 
> 
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