Has anyone setup Slackware 10 with dual monitor support?
I was having one heck of a time getting it to work. I went to
the X.org website and see "Xinerama" is an Ongoing Project.
Does that mean dual monitor support is on hold for now? Or
is it possible, just not with an out-of-the-box Slackware install?

Thanks,
Scott Moseman

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 16:07:27 +0000, Scott Moseman wrote:

> Has anyone setup Slackware 10 with dual monitor support?
Yes, me.
> I was having one heck of a time getting it to work. I went to
> the X.org website and see "Xinerama" is an Ongoing Project.
> Does that mean dual monitor support is on hold for now? Or
> is it possible, just not with an out-of-the-box Slackware install?
you dont have to install anything,
you only have to edit xorg.conf, it's not so easy

I have matrox g450 and thre is matrox powerdesk to confugure it in linux
it's a nice program but the instalation is a liitle bit compilcated

Basicly you have to configure 2 graphic cards and two monitosrs in
xorg.conf
I can send you my xorg.conf.

Patryk

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 16:07:27 +0000, Scott Moseman wrote:

> Has anyone setup Slackware 10 with dual monitor support?
> I was having one heck of a time getting it to work. I went to
> the X.org website and see "Xinerama" is an Ongoing Project.
> Does that mean dual monitor support is on hold for now? Or
> is it possible, just not with an out-of-the-box Slackware install?
>
> Thanks,
> Scott Moseman

It works perfectly with an out-of-the-box slackware install, assuming that
your drivers support it (as far as I remember, the default 'nv' drivers
for nvidia cards don't, but the binary nvidia ones do). I'm using it right
now, as a matter of fact, with the nvidia-61..something.. drivers and
slackware-somewhere-between-9.1-and-10.0 (ie: some parts upgraded, some
parts not)

If you'd like help, post the sort of errors, the hardware you have,
maybe your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file (with comments removed, please), and
any other information you think might be useful/related to solving this
(such as what you've already tried).

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Scott Moseman wrote:

> Has anyone setup Slackware 10 with dual monitor support?
> I was having one heck of a time getting it to work. I went to
> the X.org website and see "Xinerama" is an Ongoing Project.
> Does that mean dual monitor support is on hold for now? Or
> is it possible, just not with an out-of-the-box Slackware install?

Works fine out of the box, what card(s) are you using?

You'll need to edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to get things the way you
want, adding 'option "Xinerama" "yes"' for example, but it isn't too hard.
The details however may depends on the graphics cards you use.

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Ori Bernstein <rand_chars@_removeToEmail_rogers.com> writes:

> > Has anyone setup Slackware 10 with dual monitor support?
> > I was having one heck of a time getting it to work. I went to

> It works perfectly with an out-of-the-box slackware install, assuming that
> your drivers support it (as far as I remember, the default 'nv' drivers
> for nvidia cards don't, but the binary nvidia ones do). I'm using it right
> now, as a matter of fact, with the nvidia-61..something.. drivers and
> slackware-somewhere-between-9.1-and-10.0 (ie: some parts upgraded, some
> parts not)

The X drivers have little to do with supporting xinerama. I've setup
a three-headed workstation with two Nvidia cards (using the "nv"
driver) and an ATI card. You can mix and match almost any combination
of cards succesfully with a properly constructed xorg.conf file.

The best source for how to do this is reading the file
/usr/doc/Linux-HOWTOs/Xinerama-HOWTO on your hard drive (assuming you
installed the linux-howtos package).

Searching on google will turn up some examples of XF86Config files
(xorg.conf) configured for Xinerama.


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echo znex@ghpxre.arg |rot13

Ok, thanks for the info. I am currently running SuSE 9.1, since I was
really wanting my dual-head setup going. I did not want to load Slack
up again without knowing if it was even possible, so with that, I might
plan to give it a whirl again in the near future.

Thanks,
Scott Moseman



"Ori Bernstein" <rand_chars@_removeToEmail_rogers.com> wrote:
>
> > Has anyone setup Slackware 10 with dual monitor support?
> > I was having one heck of a time getting it to work. I went to
> > the X.org website and see "Xinerama" is an Ongoing Project.
> > Does that mean dual monitor support is on hold for now? Or
> > is it possible, just not with an out-of-the-box Slackware install?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Scott Moseman
>
> It works perfectly with an out-of-the-box slackware install, assuming
> that your drivers support it (as far as I remember, the default 'nv'
drivers
> for nvidia cards don't, but the binary nvidia ones do). I'm using it right
> now, as a matter of fact, with the nvidia-61..something.. drivers and
> slackware-somewhere-between-9.1-and-10.0 (ie: some parts upgraded,
> some parts not)
>
> If you'd like help, post the sort of errors, the hardware you have,
> maybe your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file (with comments removed, please),
> and any other information you think might be useful/related to solving
> this (such as what you've already tried).
>

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Scott Moseman wrote:

> Ok, thanks for the info. I am currently running SuSE 9.1, since I was
> really wanting my dual-head setup going. I did not want to load Slack
> up again without knowing if it was even possible, so with that, I might
> plan to give it a whirl again in the near future.

If you're running it the way you want on any linux just copy the XF86Config
or xorg.conf file from that system. At the very least it should point you
in the right direction for setting up X on slack, though chances are it'll
run without editing.

Blumf

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On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:24:17 +0200, patryk wrote:

> I have matrox g450 and thre is matrox powerdesk to confugure it in linux
> it's a nice program but the instalation is a liitle bit compilcated
>
> Patryk

Hi Patryk,

I have a g450 and have xinerama working fairly nice, however i had trouble
with power desk under Slack and also the install scripts for the matrox
drivers, both bombed. Did you have these troubles?

Also, i would really appreciate seeing your xorg.conf especially if youve
had any success in using the dual setup without xinerama where only the
mouse travels between displays??

I had no success with this and would like to see how its done

Thanks in advance

zinc

zinc wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:24:17 +0200, patryk wrote:
>
>> I have matrox g450 and thre is matrox powerdesk to confugure it in linux
>> it's a nice program but the instalation is a liitle bit compilcated
>>
>> Patryk
>
> Hi Patryk,
>
> I have a g450 and have xinerama working fairly nice, however i had trouble
> with power desk under Slack and also the install scripts for the matrox
> drivers, both bombed. Did you have these troubles?
>
> Also, i would really appreciate seeing your xorg.conf especially if youve
> had any success in using the dual setup without xinerama where only the
> mouse travels between displays??
>
> I had no success with this and would like to see how its done
>
> Thanks in advance
>
Here's my xorg.conf. I have an nvidia and a matrox, but it's fairly
well-defined what section is which.

This got made by something like Xorg -configure. It's all in the docs.
But since you seem to be trying, and it was so flippin easy for me,
drum roll please ...
---
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

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

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "record"
Load "extmod"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "glx"
Load "xtrap"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
Load "speedo"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
# Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Buttons" "5"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize 400 300 # mm
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "IBM"
ModelName "IBM P260"
HorizSync 30.0 - 121.0
# HorizSync 0.0 - 0.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 90.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize 400 300 # mm
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "IBM"
ModelName "IBM P260"
HorizSync 30.0 - 121.0
# HorizSync 0.0 - 0.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 90.0
Option "DPMS"
Modeline "2048x1536" 340.48 2048 2216 2440 2832 1536 1537 1540
1603 -hsync +vsync
Modeline "1600x1200" 162.00 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204
1250 +hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "PciRetry" # [<bool>]
#Option "SyncOnGreen" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>]
#Option "Overlay" # [<str>]
#Option "MGASDRAM" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
#Option "UseFBDev" # [<bool>]
#Option "ColorKey" # <i>
#Option "SetMclk" # <freq>
#Option "OverclockMem" # [<bool>]
#Option "VideoKey" # <i>
#Option "Rotate" # [<str>]
#Option "TexturedVideo" # [<bool>]
#Option "Crtc2Half" # [<bool>]
#Option "Crtc2Ram" # <i>
#Option "Int10" # [<bool>]
#Option "AGPMode" # <i>
#Option "AGPSize" # <i>
#Option "DigitalScreen1" # [<bool>]
#Option "DigitalScreen2" # [<bool>]
#Option "TV" # [<bool>]
#Option "TVStandard" # [<str>]
#Option "CableType" # [<str>]
#Option "NoHal" # [<bool>]
#Option "SwappedHead" # [<bool>]
#Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
#Option "MergedFB" # [<bool>]
#Option "Monitor2HSync" # [<str>]
#Option "Monitor2VRefresh" # [<str>]
#Option "Monitor2Position" # [<str>]
#Option "MetaModes" # [<str>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "mga"
VendorName "Matrox Graphics, Inc."
BoardName "MGA 2064W [Millennium]"
BusID "PCI:0:11:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
#Option "UseFBDev" # [<bool>]
#Option "Rotate" # [<str>]
#Option "VideoKey" # <i>
#Option "FlatPanel" # [<bool>]
#Option "FPDither" # [<bool>]
#Option "CrtcNumber" # <i>
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "nv"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
Modes "2048x1536" "1600x1200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
Modes "2048x1536" "1600x1200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "2048x1536" "1600x1200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
Modes "2048x1536" "1600x1200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "2048x1536" "1600x1200"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "2048x1536" "1600x1200"
EndSubSection
EndSection

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There's also something about configuring startx, but it's in the
Xinerama HOWTO.

Hope this Helps!
Rich

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 00:49:27 +0000, Iyam N. Obody wrote:

> The X drivers have little to do with supporting xinerama. I've setup
> a three-headed workstation with two Nvidia cards (using the "nv"
> driver) and an ATI card. You can mix and match almost any combination
> of cards succesfully with a properly constructed xorg.conf file.

Ah. Good to know. thanks for the correction.