Video card recommendation(s) for multi-head configuration

[Rick C. Petty]

On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 08:58:02AM -0700, George Hartzell wrote:
> 
> Can you share an xorg.conf file for a working dual head configuration
> w/ the nv driver?  I eventually got one working with the nvidia
> driver, but was frustrated w/ nv.

No problem.  My nv xorg.conf is pretty much equivalent to my nvidia conf,
in fact I often put both (as well as vesa) in the same file, and toggle the
Driver lines inside the Device section.  My only complaint with the nv
driver was the speed compared to what nvidia provides, particularly with
OpenGL apps.  But I'll often toggle between nv and nvidia if I'm having
random hangs of X.org.  Below is a shortened version of my "nv" xorg.conf.

-- Rick C. Petty


#
# xorg.conf for nv driver
#
Section "Files"
	RgbPath		"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
	ModulePath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/PEX/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/artwiz-fonts/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/bitstream-vera/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/freefont/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/sgi/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/nucleus/"
	FontPath	"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/util/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
	Load	"extmod"
	Load	"dri"
	Load	"glx"
	Load	"dbe"
	Load	"record"
	Load	"xtrap"
	Load	"speedo"
	Load	"type1"
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"bitmap"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier	"nVidia X.Org"
	Screen	0	"Screen0" 0 0
	Screen	1	"Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
	InputDevice	"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	InputDevice	"Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Keyboard0"
	Driver		"keyboard"
	Option		"XkbRules" "xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel" "pc101"
#	Option		"XkbLayout" "dvorak"
	Option		"XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Mouse0"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"Protocol" "auto"
	Option		"Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
	Option		"Buttons" "5"
	Option		"ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Screen0"
	Device		"nv0"
	Monitor		"Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection	"Display"
		Viewport 0 0
		Depth	24
	EndSubSection
	SubSection	"Display"
		Viewport 0 0
		Depth	16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection	"Display"
		Viewport 0 0
		Depth	8
	EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Screen1"
	Device		"nv1"
	Monitor		"Monitor1"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection	"Display"
		Viewport 0 0
		Depth	24
	EndSubSection
	SubSection	"Display"
		Viewport 0 0
		Depth	16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection	"Display"
		Viewport 0 0
		Depth	8
	EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Monitor0"
	VendorName	"Brand"
	ModelName	"model"
	Option		"DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"Monitor1"
	VendorName	"Brand"
	ModelName	"model"
	Option		"DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
	Identifier	"nv0"
	Driver		"nv"
	Screen		0
EndSection
Section "Device"
	Identifier	"nv1"
	Driver		"nv"
	Screen		1
EndSection