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set up dual monitors with two nVidia Cards on Fedora Core 4

 
    
set up dual monitors with two nVidia Cards on Fedora Core 4
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Change the BIOS settings. Set up primary video device "PCI" rather than "AGP".

[root@squatter ~]# uname -a
Linux squatter 2.6.15-1.1831_FC4 #1 Tue Feb 7 13:37:42 EST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

install nVidia driver:

[root@squatter ~]# ls -al /tmp/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg1.run 
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 12004641 Feb 22 23:39 /tmp/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg1.run

[root@squatter ~]# lspci 
...
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400] (rev b2)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 440] (rev a3)
...

[root@squatter ~]# cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder3)  Wed Dec 14 16:39:22 PST 2005

# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Multihead layout"
    Screen         "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"
    Screen         "Screen1" 
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    Option         "Xinerama" "on"
    Option         "Clone" "off"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath         "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
    FontPath        "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "fbdevhw"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "record"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "type1"
    # Load	   "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "My Monitor"
    VendorName     "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName      "Dell D1226H"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 95.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 160.0
    Option         "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "Videocard vendor"
    BoardName      "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Videocard1"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "Videocard Vendor"
    BoardName      "NVIDIA GeForce MX 440 (generic)"
    BusID          "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Videocard0"
    Monitor        "My Monitor"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1600x1200"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen1"
    Device         "Videocard1"
    Monitor        "My Monitor"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport    0 0
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1600x1200"
    EndSubSection
EndSection
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