Nouveau driver with nvidia dual head

[Kirk Lowery]

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Mike Chambers <mike at miketc.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 09:08 -0500, Kirk Lowery wrote:
>
> >
> > So...if a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf exists, does nouveau use it? If not,
> > how does one force its use?
>
> the xorg.conf is used if it exists, and what's in it is used to
> overwrite what is detected automatically.
>
> Example, if you want to install nvidia driver, then you have to list the
> nvidia driver in the config.  Same as if you have a different type
> monitor setup, or mode lines or whatever, just add the parts you want to
> change in the .conf file and that should work.  I beleive the system is
> setup to look for an xorg.conf file first, use what is in it, then auto
> detect everything else.
>
>
And to generate the conf file in the first place, would you say the best way
to start would be to 'X -configure'  and tweak from there?

Kirk
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