With the help of <a href="http://alufis35.uv.es/Linux-versus-TwinView-Nvidia.html">http://alufis35.uv.es/Linux-versus-TwinView-Nvidia.html</a> and a little twiking I got it to work. The GeForce2 does not support two displays at 1600x1200 but it does at 1400x1050. Please see attached xorg.conf file. <div>On 11/6/06, Lonni J Friedman <<a href="mailto:netllama@gmail.com">netllama@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> If Twinview is not working, you need to post a bug report on <a href="http://nvnews.net">nvnews.net</a>. On 11/5/06, Jamie Bohr <<a href="mailto:jamiebohr@gmail.com">jamiebohr@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > I guess I don't understand. According to Nvida's web site, > <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/feature_twinview.html">http://www.nvidia.com/object/feature_twinview.html</a>, > twinview allows spanning a desktop (KDE, Gnome, ..) across multiple > monitors. If this is the case Nothing ever shows up on my second monitor. > What if the second monitor had to be a different resolution? Sorry, this is > not making since to me. > > - Jamie > > > On 11/5/06, Lonni J Friedman <<a href="mailto:netllama@gmail.com"> netllama@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > > On 11/5/06, Jamie Bohr <<a href="mailto:jamiebohr@gmail.com">jamiebohr@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > It does not look like a second display is configured in your xorg.conf > file. > > > > Sure it is, that's what twinview is for. You might want to read the > > driver README so that you'll understand. > > > > > > > > > > > I installed it, restarted X and still had a single display. I ran > > > > You should consider generating an nvidia-bug-report.log and posting on > > <a href="http://nvnews.net"> nvnews.net</a>. > > > > > "nvidia-xconfig -a --twinview", it locked up X and I had to do a hard > reset. > > > Should I try the open-source versions of the NVidia driver? Does that > work > > > with the display config utility? > > > > The nv X driver supports one display per GPU. > > > > > > > > - Jamie > > > > > > > > > On 11/5/06, Lonni J Friedman <<a href="mailto:netllama@gmail.com">netllama@gmail.com</a> > wrote: > > > > > > > > You've got mess right now. It looks like your old multi-X screen > > > > config is still there along with Twinview. Try the one i've attached > > > > instead. > > > > > > > > On 11/5/06, Jamie Bohr < <a href="mailto:jamiebohr@gmail.com"> jamiebohr@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > > > I attached a fresh copy of my xorg.conf file. When I run > > > "nvidia-xconfig -a > > > > > --twinview" all references to the second display disappear. Thank > you > > > Lonni > > > > > for giving a suggestion. > > > > > > > > > > - Jamie > > > > > > > > > > On 11/5/06, Jamie Bohr < <a href="mailto:jamiebohr@gmail.com">jamiebohr@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > > > > After running the command the settings for the second display are > > > gone. > > > > > Wished I created a backup. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 11/5/06, Lonni J Friedman < <a href="mailto:netllama@gmail.com">netllama@gmail.com </a>> wrote: > > > > > > > On 11/5/06, Jamie Bohr < <a href="mailto:jamiebohr@gmail.com">jamiebohr@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I put a GeForce2 MX/MX 400 NVidia card in a FC5 system today, > a > > > gift > > > > > from > > > > > > > > from a friend. I am trying to get dual display working and am > not > > > > > having > > > > > > > > any luck. From the articles I've read the card is capable of > > > > > supporting > > > > > > > > dual displays. I installed the NVidia driver (from NVidia). > When > > > X > > > > > starts > > > > > > > > the second display flickers them stops. I have two HP p1110 > > > displays > > > > > > > > attached. I have attached my xorg.conf file for reference and > a > > > > > screen shot > > > > > > > > of the display settings. If I set the monitor types in > "Display > > > > > Settings" X > > > > > > > > will refuse to start. I can send the error logs if they would > be > > > > > helpful. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have googled and tried a few things, none worked. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I would like to use two displays if I can. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you for your help, > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Redhat's tools are completely unaware of what the nvidia driver > can > > > > > > > accomplish. If you want to use two displays, try running as > root: > > > > > > > nvidia-xconfig -a --twinview > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and then restart X. > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman <a href="mailto:netllama@gmail.com">netllama@gmail.com</a> LlamaLand <a href="http://netllama.linux-sxs.org">http://netllama.linux-sxs.org</a> -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list </a> </blockquote></div> -- Jamie Bohr