On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Chris Hubick wrote: > On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 17:18, Mark Vojkovich wrote: > > The "nv" driver is unlikely to get the DVI working unless > > the GeForce card was the primary, that is, the one that the > > text mode came up on. The Option CrtcNumber is not valid > > for the GeForce2 GTS. It only applies to dual-head cards. > > If you can switch which is the text mode from your motherboard > > bios, the GeForce may work (I assume it's not the primary which > > is why it's not working). > > Ahh, but as I understand it, this is the same limitation which applies > to the mga driver for my Matrox g450 card. IIRC I had to make the g450 > primary for it's DVI to work. > > This means both my cards need to be primary for their DVI to work :( I can understand how this could be a common limitation. > > Does this apply to all cards using the nv driver, or just the 2GTS? The "nv" driver has this limitation for all cards it supports. Mark. > > Is there a similar limitation with all the Radeon driver/cards? > > Again, much thanks! > > -- > Chris Hubick > mailto:chris@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.hubick.com/ > > > On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Chris Hubick wrote: > > > > > Hi :) > > > > > > I currently have 2 DVI LCD's, and run Xinerama on them using two cards, > > > a Matrox G450 PCI over DVI, and a NVidia GeForce2-GTS AGP over VGA. > > > After much effort, I can't get the GF2's DVI working in this combination > > > (under 4.3, even with "FlatPanel" "true" and "CrtcNumber" "1", etc). > > > > > > Thus, I am looking to replace the GF2 or both cards, becuase I need DVI > > > support for the second screen. > > > > > > Requirements: > > > 1) working DVI connector(s) > > > 2) Free/Open Source XFree86 drivers (most robust support wanted) > > > 3) 2D workstation use only, no 3D or gaming > > > 4) 1600x1200 support is a big bonus > > > > > > So, which cards currently in retail meet the above 4 requirements and > > > are: > > > a) Single DVI, AGP bus? (Radeon 9[2|6]00[pro|se])? > > > b) Single DVI, PCI bus? > > > c) Dual DVI, AGP bus? > > > > > > Much Thanks! > > > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
