[mythtv-users] dual head nvidia

[Ma Begaj]

2007/10/18, Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com>:
> Mike LaPlante wrote:
> > Yan Seiner wrote:
> >> Does anyone have a working xorg.conf for a dual-head nvidia setup?  Not
> >> tv + DVI but dual DVI.
> >>
> >> I would appreciate it greatly.  I'm a bit under the gun to get this new
> >> server up and running - the WAF is falling as I post.  :-)
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> --Yan
> >>
> > Have you tried the nvidia-settings app? It usually works for me though
> > occasionally I have to tweak it a bit afterwards. Oh you and didn't
> > mention whether you not you wanted dual desktops or one spanning desktop.
> >
>
> Dual desktops - we have two monitors, two keyboards, two mice connected
> to the same box.  I've had it set up with two separate video cards but
> now I have one card with dual-DVI outputs so I'm looking for the part of
> the config where you tell it which port to use with which setup.
>

You mean Multiseat, not Dual desktop? You can not do that with one
nVidia card with two DVIs. Here is howto, but you will need two cards:
http://blog.chris.tylers.info/index.php?/archives/14-Multiseat-X-Under-X11R6.97.0.html

Some ATI cards can do that, nVidia can't.


M.