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Configure TwinView option....dual monitors

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hornet77

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I have a Dell PC with a NVIDIA Quadro FX card. I am running RedHat Enterprise 3 as the OS. I can get one monitor to display correctly, but the other monitor displays weird green and blue squares all over the place when X starts. I've configured the /etc/X11/XF86Config file with the following options under the "Device" section:

Option "TwinView"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "<my-settings>" (same as HorizSync in Monitor section)
Option "SeconMonitorVertRefresh" "<my-settings>" (same as VertRefresh in Monitor section)
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768,1024x768; 800x600,800x600; 640x480,640x480"

I tried this and rebooted, and got the same results. I've also tried adding the options "TwinViewOrientation" and "ConnectedMonitor", but again I got the same results. I've also tried adding a second "Screen" and "Monitor" section in /etc/X11/XF86Config and got the same results.

What am I missing?
 
Hi, hornet77. Try to correct your /etc/X11/XF86Config ....

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen 0"
Screen 1 "Screen 1" LeftOf "Screen 0"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
.
.
.
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "My Monitor 0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 31.5 - 82.0
VertRefresh 50 - 90
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "My Monitor 1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 31.5 - 82.0
VertRefresh 50 - 90
Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 0"
Driver "nvidia"
BusId "PCI:1:0:0"
BoardName "Unknown"
Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 1"
Driver "nvidia"
BusId "PCI:1:0:0"
BoardName "Unknown"
Screen 1
EndSection
.
.
.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 0"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce 0"
Monitor "My Monitor 0"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce 1"
Monitor "My Monitor 1"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection

I have such configuration on my PC with NVIDIA FX5900 and RedHat 9 installed, and everything works fine...
 
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