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December 19th, 2011 05:00

I have failed to configure two monitors under Linux with a two outputs nVidia GeForce GTS 240 on a Dell Studio XPS 8100

Hi,

I don't manage to have the second output of my graphic card nVidia GeForce GTS 240 work on my Dell Studio XPS 8100.
I checked that my second monitor, cable and adaptor all work right by testing them on the first video card output.

I followed some Linux tutorials to configure X11 for two monitors setup on one video cards with two outputs and tryed two methods :
  1) with TwinView
  2) with xinerama
In both cases, the monitor is like receiving no signal.

If someone has managed it, please post here how you did it.

Here are my xorg.conf files in both cases :

1) with TwinView

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection


Section "Module"
   Load  "record"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    Option     "TwinView"
    Option     "MetaModes"  "1280x1024,1280x1024; 1280x1024; 1024x768,1024x768; 1024x768; 800x600,800x600; 800x600"
    Option     "TwinViewOrientation"      "RightOf"
    Option     "SecondMonitorHorizSync"   "28.0 - 33.0"
    Option     "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "43.0 - 72.0"    
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

2) with xinerama

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
   Load  "record"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Fujitsu Siemens"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
    Option         "Primary"    "True"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier     "Monitor1"
  VendorName     "Proview"
  HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
  VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
  Option         "RightOf" "Monitor0"
  Option         "Primary"    "False"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes           "1280x1024"
        Virtual          2560 1024
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
  Option    "Xinerama" "true"
EndSection








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December 19th, 2011 13:00

This is not a Linux support forum and not a dell hardware issue.

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December 19th, 2011 15:00

Hi SpeedStep, I don't understand your answer :

1) It might be a hardware issue if my second video card output is broken. I may have well configured X11 for two monitors. I don't know. How can I check the second output ?

2) If you think it is not a hardware issue, then what is it ? An OS issue ? Then why should I not use Linux ? You know, there are antitrust law that forbid to bind hardware and OS in a PC. So using Linux is as alright as using anything else. Besides, unless I am wrong, the forum is not identified as a MS-Windows one.

But if you think my post should go in a more appropriate place, I would be glad to move on. Thanks.

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December 19th, 2011 16:00

You might have better luck in the OS/Linux forum:

en.community.dell.com/.../3525.aspx

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December 20th, 2011 00:00

Thanks a lot mpo :emotion-2:. I could find the solution here : en.community.dell.com/.../19152117.aspx

It works now.

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December 20th, 2011 04:00

what monitors are you using are they digital or analog as some card have 2 outputs one marked as DIV-d and 2nd as DVI-i if you monitors are Analog you will only get output on DVI-i as the DVI-D will send only digital signal so will not not work even if you have a DVI-D-sub adapter.

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