looking for example dual screen xorg.conf

[scottac]

I am trying to set up a dual screen system using mythbuntu 9.04. I am really not that familiar with how to set this up in ubuntu.

Here is my relevant hardware.
Graphics: Nvidia 9500GT
Monitor: Chimei 22" off of DVI
TV: Toshiba 32" 1080i/720p LCD


I would post my current xorg.conf but I don't think It would be much help. I know most people use twinview when trying to set up similar systems and that is really all I have tried thus far.

I would really like a look at someone else's xorg.conf in the hopes that I can use this as a guide to get mine set up properly.

Thanks in advance for all help....

[Slate8]

Hi There,

I have very similar hardware to you and managed to get almost everything going dual screen wise without touching the xorg file.

I ran the nvidia-settings app, went to "X Server Display Configuration" and enabled the second screen. Then drag the second screen in the "layout" pane on top of your primary screen. This will make it clone the primary output to both screens.

I then hit "Apply" and "Save to X Configuration File".

I did edit the xorg file after this so the output to the TV was PAL using
Option "TVStandard" "PAL-I"

Here is my complete xorg.conf file:


# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildd@crested) Mon Nov 3 08:46:04 UTC 2008

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "CRT-1"
HorizSync 28.0 - 55.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "DPI" "100x100"
Option "UseEvents" "1"
Option "AddARGBVisuals" "1"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "1"
Option "NoLogo" "1"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 7600 GS"
Option "TVStandard" "PAL-I"
Option "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "nvidia-auto-select" "1920x1080" "1280x720" "1024x768" "720x480" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +0+0; CRT: 1024x768 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +0+0; CRT: 800x600 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +0+0; CRT: 640x480 +0+0, TV: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection


Hope this helps :)