[KLUG Members] Dual Monitors in SuSe 9.2 Pro

[Todd Pillars]

Quoting Doc Rea <rea at docrea.net>:

> Here's the relative chunk of my XF86Config file:
> 
> Section "Device"
>   BoardName    "GeForce 6800 GT"
>   BusID        "1:0:0"
>   Driver       "nvidia"
>   Identifier   "Device[0]"
>   Option       "TwinView"
>   Option       "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP"
>   Option       "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
>   Option       "ConnectedMonitors" "DFP,CRT"
>   Screen       0
>   Option       "Rotate" "off"
>   VendorName   "NVidia"
> EndSection
> 
> When I run lspci I only get one reference to a controller:
> 
> 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800
> 
> GT] (rev a1)
> 
> but since I only have one video card (with dual output) could this be an 
> issue?
Thinking on this, no. I found this snippet you may be able to gleen

# **********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "My Monitor"
    HorizSync   30-121
    VertRefresh 48-160
EndSection



# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Device configured by xf86config:
Section "Device"
    Identifier  "NVIDIA"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    VideoRam 131072

EndSection



# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen0"
    Device      "NVIDIA"
    Monitor     "My Monitor"
    DefaultDepth 24

    Option "NvAGP" "1" 
    Option "TwinView" "true"
    Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30.0-121.0"
    Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "48.0-160.0"
    Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024, 1280x1024; 1280x1024, 1280x1024;"
    Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
    Option "Xinerama" "on"
  
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x1024"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# ServerLayout sections.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier  "Layout"

    Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0

    InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"

EndSection

Hope this help

Todd