[mythtv-users] dual head nvidia

Ma Begaj derliebegott at gmail.com
Thu Oct 18 17:01:37 UTC 2007


forgot to say ... you can make virtual xorg servers with Xephyr and I
think you could make it work with one card, but it will be little bit
slower than native than with two cards.

M.


2007/10/18, Ma Begaj <derliebegott at gmail.com>:
> 2007/10/18, Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com>:
> > Mike LaPlante wrote:
> > > Yan Seiner wrote:
> > >> Does anyone have a working xorg.conf for a dual-head nvidia setup?  Not
> > >> tv + DVI but dual DVI.
> > >>
> > >> I would appreciate it greatly.  I'm a bit under the gun to get this new
> > >> server up and running - the WAF is falling as I post.  :-)
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >>
> > >> --Yan
> > >>
> > > Have you tried the nvidia-settings app? It usually works for me though
> > > occasionally I have to tweak it a bit afterwards. Oh you and didn't
> > > mention whether you not you wanted dual desktops or one spanning desktop.
> > >
> >
> > Dual desktops - we have two monitors, two keyboards, two mice connected
> > to the same box.  I've had it set up with two separate video cards but
> > now I have one card with dual-DVI outputs so I'm looking for the part of
> > the config where you tell it which port to use with which setup.
> >
>
> You mean Multiseat, not Dual desktop? You can not do that with one
> nVidia card with two DVIs. Here is howto, but you will need two cards:
> http://blog.chris.tylers.info/index.php?/archives/14-Multiseat-X-Under-X11R6.97.0.html
>
> Some ATI cards can do that, nVidia can't.
>
>
> M.
>


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