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Date:      Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:44:42 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Doug Poland" <doug@polands.org>
To:        "Richard Ehrlich" <richarde@veterantutors.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: nVidia TwinView Dual Head problem (Rev 1)
Message-ID:  <53967.209.103.215.99.1154087082.squirrel@email.polands.org>
In-Reply-To: <44C9B1E2.9020607@veterantutors.org>
References:  <44C9B1E2.9020607@veterantutors.org>

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On Fri, July 28, 2006 01:42, Richard Ehrlich wrote:
> I am running freeBSD 6.1. I just installed an nVidia GeForce FX5200
> PCI card. When I booted , both monitors echoed the boot sequence
> (Monitor1 a clone of Monitor0).
>
> I downloaded and installed the current nvidia driver:
> NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86-1.0-8762. Then I installed KDE 3.5.3. I ran
> nvidia-config, then startx. I got a perfect KDE desktop on Monitor0,
> alternating horizontal bands of color on Monitor 1.
>
> I modified xorg.conf to Option "TwinView" and spec both monitors.
> Same result.
>
> Attached please find both '/root/xorg.conf' and
> '/var/log/Xorg.0.log'. The log indicates that only Monitor0 is
> recognized, but my understanding of TwinView is that's the way it's
> supposed to be.
>
> Does anyone have experience with the nVidia GeForce FX5200 PCI card
> who can advise me what I may be doing wrong?
>
Here's a working XF86Config file for my nVidia cards.  The card type
is inconsequential, it works on both my TI4200 and FX5700.  In my case
I have identical Dell D1226H monitors.  HTH.

-- 
Regards,
Doug
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