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Old 06-07-2006
Douglas O'Neal
 
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Default Re: XF86Config - Two video cards - 4 screens

Unruh wrote:
> Peter Cattaneo <pkcattan@syr.edu> writes:
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>> I'm having trouble configuring my video.

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> There is zero information here. What video cards? How are you attaching


If you'll take the time to read this fairly short post, you'll know what
video cards. It's difficult to put all necessary information into the
first sentence.

> four screens to two video cards? Most video cards have a single output and
> two cards = two monitors.


Most != all. I have multiple systems with Nvidia and ATI cards with two
outputs per card. My desktop has two monitors on a single nVidia Quadro
FX 4000.

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>
>> I can get two screens to work fine, but not the other two.

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> What "other two"?


With four monitors there two good possibilities so this question does
need to be answered. Is one monitor per card working or is one card
working and the other not working?

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>> Anyone done this before? I've search high and low for example config

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> Done what?
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>> files, without much success.
>> Here's what I found at Redhat.
>> http://www.redhat.com/magazine/014de...res/multihead/

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>> I've scanned my PCI Bus and have the BusID's of the two cards.

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>> I have the NVIDIA driver installed from the NVIDIA website.

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> What nvidia driver and what card?


Read the post to see that Quadro FX3450 card is installed.

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>> Sun Ultra 40 2.4 GHz/dual-core 8GB RAM
>> I'm running Redhat Enterprise WS 3 update 6.
>> Two NVIDIA quadro FX 3450 cards
>> Four Dell screens

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>> Any suggestions would be great.


I do have a multiple card/multiple monitor setup on an SGI linux
system - different enough that it might not help. If the OP emails
me, I'll forward my XF86Config.

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>> Thanks

>
>> Peter


Doug
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