-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/28/2011 12:54 PM, Don Krause wrote: > > On Nov 28, 2011, at 9:51 AM, suvayu ali wrote: > >> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 20:41, Thomas Cameron >> <thomas.cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> I am wondering, since my motherboard has a four PCI Express x1 ports and >>> I see PCI Express x1 video cards for decent prices, if I can either >>> replace my single card with two identical two-port X1 cards, or just add >>> a single X1 video card to what I already have and get triple head. >>> >> >> I am not sure there are any cards in the market with support for more >> than 2 monitors. If that is true SLI is your only option. And as far >> as I know SLI is only supported by the proprietary drivers. You might >> want to check up on that before you invest on another card. >> >> > > Uhh, no, SLI has little to nothing to do with multiple monitor support.. > > We do 3 monitor systems, using 2 dual DVI Nvidia cards with the proprietary driver for a medical device, works fine. > > The only "trick" is finding the proper BusID for your cards. > > Here's a working xorg.conf for a 3 headed monitor setup, on CentOS 5, using Nvidia's proprietary drivers.. > > # Xorg configuration > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Default Layout" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 > Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0" > Screen 2 "Screen2" LeftOf "Screen0" > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" > Option "Clone" "off" > Option "Xinerama" "on" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > > # generated from default > Identifier "Mouse0" > Driver "mouse" > Option "Protocol" "auto" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Keyboard0" > Driver "kbd" > Option "XkbModel" "pc105" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: > # Option "DPMS" > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "DELL" > ModelName "P1130" > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: > HorizSync 28.0 - 133.0 > VertRefresh 43.0 - 172.0 > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: > # Option "DPMS" > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: > Identifier "Monitor1" > VendorName "DELL" > ModelName "P1130" > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: > HorizSync 28.0 - 133.0 > VertRefresh 43.0 - 172.0 > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: > # Option "DPMS" > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: > Identifier "Monitor2" > VendorName "DELL" > ModelName "P1130" > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: > HorizSync 28.0 - 133.0 > VertRefresh 43.0 - 172.0 > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "nvidia" > VendorName "NVidia" > BoardName "GeForce 7600 GT" > BusID "1:0:0" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard1" > Driver "nvidia" > VendorName "NVidia" > BoardName "GeForce 7600 GT" > BusID "1:0:0" > Screen 1 > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard2" > Driver "nvidia" > VendorName "NVidia" > BoardName "GeForce 7600 GT" > BusID "2:0:0" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Videocard0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen1" > Device "Videocard1" > Monitor "Monitor1" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen2" > Device "Videocard2" > Monitor "Monitor2" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > EndSubSection > EndSection Awesome, thanks. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7URocACgkQmzle50YHwaC51gCdFm9/QVO/UmzMvKrYDU7L9d4N i6QAnjLgZP+f7jMJmoM0Ga+r9ZnDk8GT =cnRG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
