dual monitors from one g4ti4200

im having a devil of a time figuring this out. i got a free monitor and decided to through it on tonight. of course windows is utilizing it almost emediatly but i can get linux to use it. different bummblings have turned on one screen or the other bu tnever both. heres my config see if you can see anything wrong. also how can i see if my startx is running with the +xinerama comment from some config? i think if that is enabled it disables nvidias twinveiw

# File generated by XFdrake.

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/usbmouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
VendorName "Gateway"
ModelName "Gateway EV700"
HorizSync 31-69
VertRefresh 50-110
Option "DPMS"
# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync

# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630

# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
VendorName "NVidia"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
Driver "nvidia"

EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (generic)"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "True"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT, CRT"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "clone"
Option "MetaModes" "1600x1200,1600x1200;1280x1024,1280x1024;1152x864,1152x864;1024x768,1024x768"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"

Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubsection


EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout1"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
Screen "screen1"
EndSection

Doing it with two real video cards is different than Nvidia's own customized configuration for Twinview.

yea i found that out later on after you sent me your config. from what ive read of twinview i should be all set with the above set up,but it doent work. my only idea that if found on my own is that if startx is running with the option +xinerama then the twinveiw will not work. i modded one of my start scripts to asociate startx with +xinerama but i changed it back to the way it was. where are the log files located for the x server?

its definalty trying to use xinerama witch is said to screw up nvidia twin view witch im trying to use. heres the output in the free86 log. (a clip from it)

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(II) NVIDIA(0): AGP 4X successfully initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1024x768"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
Screen to screen bit blits
Solid filled rectangles
Solid filled trapezoids
8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles
8x8 mono pattern filled trapezoids
Indirect CPU to Screen color expansion
Solid Lines
Scanline Image Writes
Offscreen Pixmaps
Driver provided FillSolidRects replacement
Driver provided FillSolidSpans replacement
Driver provided FillMono8x8PatternRects replacement
Driver provided WritePixmap replacement
Driver provided ReadPixmap replacement
Setting up tile and stipple cache:
16 128x128 slots
4 256x256 slots
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(**) Option "dpms"
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension LBX
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) [GLX]: Calling GlxExtensionInit
(II) Keyboard "Keyboard1" handled by legacy driver
(**) Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
(**) Mouse1: Protocol: "IMPS/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse1: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/usbmouse"
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
(**) Mouse1: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Mouse1: Buttons: 5
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE)
(II) Open APM successful
(WW) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize AGP
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1024x768"
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) [GLX]: Calling GlxExtensionInit
(II) Open APM successful
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1024x768"
(**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) [GLX]: Calling GlxExtensionInit

you have to do `startx -- +xinerama`

XWRed1 said:

you have to do `startx -- +xinerama`

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im actualy trying to get rid of xinerama becasue i read it interfers with nvidias twinveiw that im trying to use.

I have had problems as well. I use a different x server on the TV as opposed to a twinview setup. I would like to use twinview though