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HappyTalk
PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 4:09 pm 
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Is it possible to get a cloned Monitor AND TV-Out at same time on nvidia Geforce4 MX? I've spent over 15 hours trying to get this work, has anyone managed it?
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:12 pm 
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I have before. I used xinerama (or however it's spelled). Here is the parts that are key in your XF86Config-4 file: (This is not complete just the sections that i believe are important, search google for more)

Code:
Section "ServerFlags"
   Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"  "true"
   Option "Xinerama" "true"
EndSection


Section "Monitor"

   Identifier   "CRT2"
   VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
   ModelName    "My CRT2 device"
   Gamma 1.000 1.000 1.000
EndSection

# Monitor section for CRT1 (slave head)

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "CRT1"
   Option   "DPMS"   "true"
   VendorName   "KDS"
   ModelName   "KDS1745"
   HorizSync 30 - 70 # DDC-probed
   VertRefresh 50 - 160 # DDC-probed
EndSection

See how above we have too monitor sections with 2 identifiers. Now:
Code:
Section "Device"

        Driver     "nvidia"
        Identifier "FX5200-1"
        VendorName "nvidia"
   BoardName  "FX5200"
   BusID      "PCI:1:00:0"
## You need to specify how TV is handles, svideo composite, nvidia has an #option somewhere
# "Screen" selects the screen number for this device in dual head mode
# Screen 0 is master (always CRT2)
   Screen      0
EndSection


# Device section for CRT1 (Slave head) --------------------
 
Section "Device"
   Driver       "nvidia"
   Identifier    "FX5200-2"
   
# For dual head mode, BusID must be specified!
   BusID      "PCI:1:00:0"
   
# "Screen" selects the screen number for this device in dual head mode
# Screen 1 is slave (always CRT1 = external VGA)
   Screen       1

   
EndSection


See how we have 2 Device sections again with 2 identifiers. Now:

Code:
# This section defines the available resulutions and depths.

# Screen section for CRT2
Section "Screen"
   Identifier "Screen1"
   Device     "FX5200-1"
   Monitor    "CRT2"
   DefaultDepth 16
<snip> (i figure you know the rest for screen)
EndSection

# Screen section for CRT1 (VGA)

# DefaultDepth must be identical to master screen if using Xinerama.
# Otherwise, depths can be different.
# A depth of 8 is not supported in dual head mode.
# Resolutions can be different.

Section "Screen"
   Identifier "Screen2"
   Device     "FX5200-2"
   Monitor    "CRT1"
   DefaultDepth 16
   SubSection "Display"
<snip again>
EndSection





Hope this helps. It worked for me.
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dardack
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:15 pm 
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Also, i forgot, but with tv-out and monitor, the video will only play on the master head, screen 0, the second screen with display a blue screen when video is played. As far as i know, there is no way around this, at least last i tried this. I haven't run dual head mode in a long time. Don't know if twinview is different. i've never used it.
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HappyTalk
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:33 am 
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This got answered on other thread that pointed me here :-

http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... t=twinview

I do now get video on both etc etc, in fact an exact clone which was what was required.
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