Aperture, dual monitor, x800 card help

I am adding a 30" monitor to my current 20" monitor for a dual monitor setup. The x800 card has an ADC and a DVI port. I'm assuming only the DVI port is dual channel so I guess the 30" has to go there. My 20 inch is also a DVI hookup, do I just get an ADC to DVI converter?
Also do I slow things down at all now that the card has to control two big monitors? Can the x800 control these two monitors adequately, Aperture taxes the GPU a lot - will this slow down at all?
Also what happens with calibration? I have the GMB Eye-one. Do I calibrate each monitor separately or (if I recall) only calibrate the 30" and let the 20" stay uncalibrated for palettes and such.
-Thanks

similar setup here ...
the 30" is on the DVI port and the 23" is on the ADC using a belkin ADC to DVI connector ...
i calibrate using a spyder pro ... when i calibrate, i calibrate one monitor and save the profile with the size in the name - short term memory is very short ... the under displays->arrange i drag the menu bar to the other screen and it makes that the primary and i calibrate it - again with the size thingy ... i then switch the arrangement back and presto chango i have to rearrange most of my desktop icons - haha ... otherwise everythign is fantastic ... just make sure you turn on the monitors and let them warm up for an hour min - 2 is better for the 30" ...
so you leave one uncalibrated if youd like, as you create a profile for each ...
i have seen no slowdown since adding the 30" a few weeks ago ... and i work with 5D (~75%) and 20D RAW files ...

Similar Messages

Dual Monitor Graphics Card Recommendations

Hello, I have a HP 6005 pro small form factor Desktop PC with AMD Athlon II X2 Processor, 8GB Memory, 2TB Hard Drive and Windows 7 Professional. Key Features: AMD Athlon II X2 processor 3.0GHz8GB DDR3 SDRAM system memory (expandable to 16GB)2TB SATA hard driveDVD-RW optical drive10/100/1000Base-T EthernetIntegrated graphics Additional Features: 10 x USB ports, 1 x microphone jack, 1 x line-in jack, 2 x audio out jacks, 1 x RJ-45 Ethernet port, 1 x VGA port 1 x low profile PCI slot (x1), 1 x low profile PCI Express (x2) slot, 1 x low profile PCI Express (x16) slot, 1 x external 5.25" bay, 1 x internal 3.5" bay 16.7 lbs, 13.3" x 4" x 14.9" I would like to get a graphics card that can support dual monitors, can you recommend any cards that would be compitable with this system? 1GB if possible or more? I believe the slot can handle upto 25 watts so I would need a graphic card along those lines. I appreciate your help in advance and I look forward to hearing from you.

Hi, The below HP OEM graphics cards are available for your PC. Nvidia NVS 300 Graphics CardNvidia GeForce 310 DP Graphics CardNvidia Quadro NVS 290 Graphics CardATI Radeon HD 4550 Graphics CardATI Radeon HD 4650 Graphics Card MT models onlyAMD FirePro 2270 (512 MB)AMD Radeon HD 6350 (512 MB)AMD Radeon HD 6450 (1 GB) MT models onlyAMD Radeon HD 7450 (1 GB) These HP Quickspecs will give your more detail. Check with HP Sales for further information.

M91p dual monitor graphics card issue

Hello,
My work recently purchased a Thinkcentre m91p - model number 7052C9U without realizing that it was not dual monitor capable. We're a small business and have no IT division so it is up to me to solve this problem for myself.
Ive been doing some research via google but have not come to any real conclusion about which graphics card I should get that is compatible and will allow me to use 2 monitors.
Can anyone here direct me in this regard? Im looking for a quality yet inexpensive graphics card, compatible with my model of Thinkcentre, that will allow me to go dual monitor.
Thank you in advance,
Brian

I'm confused, it has 2 monitor ports, a VGA port and a DisplayPort.
If you are not using a DisplayPort capable monitor, which many are not, you do need an adapter for that port, ie. DisplayPort to DVI.

Huge Dual Monitor Problem :( Please Help !!!

Hey, i'm having issue with setting up the dual monitor connection.
I took a video so you can see what the problem is .. basically, when i move a window in the middle of both monitors, the window either goes to one monitor or the other one. here is the link .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIep7zYwi-o&feature=youtu.be
Now, i want it to be on both monitors at the same time so that i can have the window extended on both monitors; so that it will be visible on both monitors at the same time (Not mirror mode)
How do i do this ? I've see on youtube this being done .. check out here (skip to 4:37) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJldWNcQl7M

If you are running Mavericks, you probably want to un-check "Displays have separate Spaces" in System Preferences > Mission Control.

Aperture Dual monitors, what video card for AGP?

I am running two 20 inch apple monitors with the stock ATY 128 mb card. I am going to be upgrading the card soon because the system is so slow. I know that I am limited because this system can only use AGP cards.
What is the best AGP card available?
Also, will I notice a huge difference if I add even more ram?
powermac g5 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

That is probably enough RAM, if you aren't also running with Photoshop running all the time.
You should open Activity Monitor and keep an eye on the page outs under memory. If that number is growing rapidly, then you need more RAM. Otherwise, you don't.
The video card will make a very large difference -- if you can actually find it.

Dual Monitor video cards for HP Pro 3400

I am looking to add a 2nd monitor to my HP Pro 3400 MT and want to make sure I get a video card that will not have any compatibility issues. I'm not doing any gaming so I don't think I need anything super fancy and I would prefer not to have to upgrade the power supply.
So my questions are:
Is the HP Pro 3400 MT compatible witha PCI Express 3.0 card? 2.1 ?
How much power draw from the video card would require me to upgrade the power supply (my PC is stock, no added peripherals). Is there a way for me to determine how much is being currently (no pun intended) drawn?
Are there any drawbacks to usnig the built-in video card for 1 monitor and a new, single-ouput card for the other (vs a dual-output card) ?
Anything else I need to consider when deciding on a new video card?
Thanks.

Hi,
You might get better assistance on the HP Enterprise Business Forum since you have a business class PC.
HP DV9700, t9300, Nvidia 8600, 4GB, Crucial C300 128GB SSD
HP Photosmart Premium C309G, HP Photosmart 6520
HP Touchpad, HP Chromebook 11
Custom i7-4770k,Z-87, 8GB, Vertex 3 SSD, Samsung EVO SSD, Corsair HX650,GTX 760
Custom i7-4790k,Z-97, 16GB, Vertex 3 SSD, Plextor M.2 SSD, Samsung EVO SSD, Corsair HX650, GTX 660TI
Windows 7/8 UEFI/Legacy mode, MBR/GPT

Aperture Dual Monitor Color Profile Problem

I have 'discovered' an interesting problem when using my MBP with a Cintq tablet as a secondary monitor. The displayed colors agree very well in Aperture until I go to full screen and then the laptop monitor develops a greenish tint. I have tried all the different secondary display options, and in all cases where an image is displayed on both monitors the tint develops. It goes away as soon as full screen is exited. The Thunderbolt port is being used to feed the display to the Cintq (with a thunderbolt to DVI (?) adapter. I would guess that the laptop must grap the cintiq profile as soon as it goes to full screen.
In perusing the discussion group I see similar problems were reported in the past. It persists with the latewt MBP and thunderbolt, and latest build of Aperture.

I have no real answer except to say that on an older setup pre-Aperture I never did get the Cintiq 15 color well managed. I used the Cintiq mostly for palettes in Photoshop.
-Allen

WIn 7 PRO to Win 7 PRO Remote Desktop with matching 1920x1080 Dual Monitors

I have done quite a bit of looking and still do not know if WIn 7 PRO can connect to a to Win 7 PRO with Remote Desktop with matching 1920x1080 Dual Monitors. It seems like it cannot use dual monitors by the HELP file. But
then why does it have "Use all of my monitors for the remote session" as a selection in the Connection settings ? Just what is the real answer ? Both systems are 64 bit. If the answer is YES. Please tell me how !

Hello i-wonder-why,
To use this Remote Desktop Multimon feature, you must:
1.Connect using the Remote Desktop Client 7.0 (mstsc.exe) available initially on Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2.
2.Enable Multimon using one of the three methods described below:
a. Click “Use all monitors for the remote session” in the client (mstsc.exe) window.
b. Use the “/multimon” switch on the mstsc.exe command line.
c. Add “Use Multimon:i:1” to the RDP file.
image
3.Connect to a computer running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.
For more information, please refer to the following article.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2009/07/01/using-multiple-monitors-in-remote-desktop-session.aspx
Best regards,
Fangzhou CHEN
Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help, and unmark the answers if they provide no help. If you have feedback for TechNet Support, contact [email protected]

Bridge CS3 & ACR with dual monitors

Question: In a dual-monitor Windows XP setup, how do I control which monitor ACR opens on when opened from Bridge?
Background: In my workflow, I use Bridge to open small batches of DNGs in ACR. What I want is to have Bridge on monitor #2 (uncalibrated), but have ACR open on monitor #1 (calibrated). At first I had Bridge opening on #1 and couldn't get ACR to open on #2. Then I figured out how to move ACR to #2, but now it always opens on #2, regardless of where Bridge is. How to fix?
Thanks,
Andrew

Okay, I think I've figured out how this works, although (1) the way it appears to function is exactly opposite to how I think it should function, and (2) I still can't figure out how to fix it.
If I open ACR from Bridge on the primary monitor (#1 for short, as designated in Windows XP), ACR will open on the primary monitor by default. If I leave Bridge on the primary monitor but move ACR to the secondary monitor (#2 for short), ACR will continue to open on #2. If, however, I move Bridge to #2, there is no way to get ACR to open on #1; no matter what I do, it will always open on #2. If I then move Bridge back to #1, ACR might open on either monitor. If it continues then to open on #2 the only way to force it to move back to #1 is to open Photoshop on #1 and then open ACR from Photoshop.
First of all, it's stupid that I can't tell ACR to open wherever I want it to. But it is particularly stupid that one cannot make ACR open on #1 unless Bridge is also open on #1. The reason is that Windows XP only has native support for color calibration on the primary monitor (#1). If I'm using Bridge and ACR next to each other, I naturally care more about color calibration in ACR, where I'm actually editing photos, than I do in Bridge. Yet it is impossible to get ACR to open on the calibrated monitor! This can only be described as a bug, albeit one that won't get fixed due to the age of XP and CS3.
(Yes, I am aware that Microsoft makes a control-panel plugin that supposedly allows calibration of both monitors, but I have been unable to get it to work correctly. By all accounts it is somewhat fragile, doesn't offer support for all dual-monitor graphics cards, there isn't a list of cards it does and doesn't support, and Microsoft doesn't even offer support for the plugin. Way to go, Microsoft.)

Need help with dual monitor setup for KDE 3.5.5.

Here's my hardware:
NEC MultiSync LCD 1530V: 1024x768 (analog)
Samsung SyncMaster 941BW: 1440x900 (digital)
nVidia Dual head AGP video card.
The dual monitor works under dual-boot Windows, boot up and pure Linux console. I've googled around for help, changed my xorg.conf file accordingly to some sites, but it wasn't much help.
Here's my working xorg.conf:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 1" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto" # Auto detect
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "NEC LCD1530V"
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
Driver "vga"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce"
Monitor "NEC LCD1530V"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Using this xorg.conf file, only my NEC LCD analog monitor could display KDE while the Samsung digital can't.
Any suggestions?

Thanks for your help guys, I'm halfway there.
The second monitor shows the KDE desktop, but it isn't exactly what I expected. Right now, both monitors display at 1024x768 (each) or 2048x768 (total). The larger monitor stretches and distorts the display of 1024x768 to its natural resolution at 1440x900 and it isn't what I wanted. Other than that, the dual desktop setup behaves what I expected to.
Here's a snippet of my xorg.conf that currently works:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "NEC LCD1530V"
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Samsung SyncMaster"
HorizSync 31.5 - 60
VertRefresh 60.0 - 70.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
#VideoRam 131072
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "TwinView" "true"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
# Option "MetaModes" "1440x900, 1440x900; 1024x768, 1024x768"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce"
Monitor "NEC LCD1530V"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 2"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce"
Monitor "Samsung SyncMaster"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Anyone have an idea?
EDIT: Oh snaps. I just did a pacman -Syu and it upgraded Arch Linux to 0.8 and the 2nd monitor stopped working.

HELP! I have a dual monitor setup and can't use any of them for video??

1)I have a GeForce4 MX 64MB VRAM card installed.
2) the back is dual monitor capable, meaning it has 2 vga (CRT) ports, one on the right and an another adapted plug with a vga port on the end. ( i have no idea which type it was originaly.)
3) I have a big dell LCD
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED:
the adapter plug ripped off, reveal copper thread things and is now unusable. Although saddened, I was not worried because I don't use a dual monitor anyway and I switched to the other port. BUT THE VIDEO DOESNT WORK ON THAT PORT. I can't figure it out it just doesnt load any video?
the truth is i would rather have a dvi cable set up because i assume its better.
thank you for the help,
I need it

oops! whatever it was I reinstalled OS and it left

Question about dual-monitor setup - advanced dock + PCIe card

I just got a Z60t at work. I had been using a dual monitor setup, but it doesn't look like my current config is going to fly w/ the new machine. Anyway, here's what I've got:
Primary monitor: Acer AL2416W (1920x1200 DVI)
Secondary monitor: Dell 1901FP (1280x1024 VGA)
I've read that the advanced dock might be able to let me use this setup with the Z60t if i put a PCIe video card in it. So here are my questions:
1. Will the advanced dock + PCIe video card allow me to run the two monitors listed above (I don't use the laptop screen at all)?
2. Which PCIe cards are compatible with the advanced dock?
3. Can I achieve the same resolutions with the advanced dock + PCIe card?
4. Will I need to split the VGA output, or can i use VGA + DVI like I do now (since the Z60t has no native DVI support)?
thanks!

Gary -- don't turn on the OS Display Mirroring. Turn it off.
You want Aperture to control how it uses your dual monitors. (You do not want the OS to determine it.)
Once you've turned off the OS "Display Mirroring", the set-up I specified above should give you what you want.
That set-up is:
"View → Main Viewer → {anything}", and
"View → Secondary Viewer → Alternate"
You must have the Viewer active (not the Browser) in order to change the "Secondary Viewer" setting. If you are in the Browser, activate the Viewer by double-clicking an Image.
Let me know if that doesn't work.

[SOLVED] Help with dual monitors (second monitor won't wake up)

Hi. I'm trying to set up dual monitors, but I can't seem to get it to work.
I've got an ASUS P8H67-M EVO motherboard, and I'm using the xf86-video-intel driver. I'm using one VGA and one HDMI.
xrandr gives this
xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767
VGA1 connected 1680x1050+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 474mm x 296mm
1680x1050 60.0*+ 74.9
1600x1000 60.0
1280x1024 75.0 72.0 60.0
1440x900 75.0 59.9
1152x864 75.0
1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0
800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3
640x480 72.8 75.0 66.7 60.0
720x400 70.1
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI3 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 531mm x 299mm
1920x1080 60.0*+ 50.0 60.0
1920x1080i 50.0 60.1
1680x1050 59.9
1600x900 60.0
1280x1024 75.0 60.0
1280x960 60.0
1152x864 75.0
1280x720 50.0 60.0
1152x720 60.0
1440x576i 50.1
1024x768 75.1 60.0
1440x480i 60.1
832x624 74.6
800x600 75.0 60.3
720x576 50.0
720x480 59.9
640x480 75.0 60.0 59.9
720x400 70.1
DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
So it looks to me like both displays are being detected. The geometry looks such that one display is on top of the other, but I can change that using an xorg.conf.d config file (e.g. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mu … xorg.conf). I also tried using arandr.
The real problem is that the display on HDMI3 just isn't "waking up". The power is on, but it just sits there in sleep mode.
Any help would be great. I might just be missing something simple. Thanks.
Edit: I just saw a short list of window managers near the bottom of the Arch Multihead page (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mu … _xorg.conf). I don't see openbox on that list. Does that mean I'm SOL if I want to use openbox with multiple monitors? This page seems to imply that it should work fine with openbox http://magnatecha.com/dual-monitors-wit … nd-xrandr/.
Last edited by Pacopag (2013-08-19 18:58:36)

I use XFCE, and when I boot my computer I just run:
xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --auto --output DVI-I-2 --auto --left-of DVI-I-1
I'm assuming if you modify the names appropriately that it'll work too. I have had issues before trying to run dual monitors without taking both outputs off of a single video card (which is what I'm doing now). For example, I had a graphics card with one (VGA) output and a VGA output on my motherboard. But, connecting the graphics card disabled the on-board VGA. So it is possible (I'm not an expert here) that two displays coming off the motherboard may not work for hardware reasons.

DUAL MONITOR HELP!!!

System Information:
HP P6210Y
Win 7
NVIDIA GeForce 9100
Above is my system information. I'm running an HP P6210Y with a GeForce 9100 graphics card. I have two [2] Dell IN2030M monitors. I purchased a VGA Splitter and that worked, but now how I wanted it to work. I then bought a DVI-D to VGA adapter and the DVI plug doesn't seem to work. VGA monitor works. DVI doesn't. It's just a black screen I get. Both monitors work perfectly. Any idea what I can do to get dual monitors going? I'm new to this and I find myself wasting more money trying things my way. Any/All assistance would be greatly appreciated.
This question was solved.
View Solution.

Here are the specs for your HP Pavilion p6210y Desktop Computer. According to the specs, this model has integrated nVidia GeForce 9100 chipset graphics that support one VGA (analog) output and one DVI-D (digital only) output. There is no way to make a passive DVI-to-VGA adapter work. These adapters only work with DVI-A and DVI-I outputs. It would require an active DVI-D to VGA converter to change the digital signal into an analog one.
The technical specs for your Dell IN2030M 20-inch Flat Panel Monitors indicate that they support both DVI-D and VGA inputs. To resolve your issue, you will need to purchase one DVI-D cable and connect as follows;
Computer > DVI-D cable > Monitor #1
Computer > VGA cable > Monitor #2
Please send KUDOs
Frank
{------------ Please click the "White Kudos" Thumbs Up to say THANKS for helping.
Please click the "Accept As Solution" on my post, if my assistance has solved your issue. ------------V
This is a user supported forum. I am a volunteer and I don't work for HP.
HP 15t-j100 (on loan from HP)
HP 13 Split x2 (on loan from HP)
HP Slate8 Pro (on loan from HP)
HP a1632x - Windows 7, 4GB RAM, AMD Radeon HD 6450
HP p6130y - Windows 7, 8GB RAM, AMD Radeon HD 6450
HP p6320y - Windows 7, 8GB RAM, NVIDIA GT 240
HP p7-1026 - Windows 7, 6GB RAM, AMD Radeon HD 6450
HP p6787c - Windows 7, 8GB RAM, NVIDIA GT 240

Would be grateful for help configuring my 7950gx2 for dual monitor

Hi guys,
I have two monitors - one widescreen TFT 20" DVI (max 1680x1050), and one 17" TFT Analog (max 1280x1024).
Currently I'm running just on my widescreen monitor, but would love to have both monitors enabled to facilitate my spare-time web design.
I have an nVidia 7950GX2 - the card is essentially two 7900GT(X)s SLI'd together. So it is a multi-GPU card, rather than me having two separate graphics cards in my system.
I've followed the Arch Wiki info regarding nVidia drivers, and have the drivers operating perfectly right now. But no matter what I do, even if I follow the Gentoo Wiki info on dual monitors, I can't get both monitors to operate; it's either one or neither.
Here's my current xorg.conf :
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
Load "xtrap"
#Load "dri"
Load "glx"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "dvorak"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Analog TFT"
VendorName "Blue Mountain"
ModelName "MT17XP"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Widescreen DVI"
VendorName "LG"
ModelName "L204WT"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "Unknown Board"
BusID "PCI:6:0:0"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
Option "MultiGPU" "AFR"
Option "sli" "off"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
#other options I recommend:
Option "HWcursor"
Option "CursorShadow"
Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "32"
Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "3"
Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "3"
#if you want Composite and GLX (they don't cooperate):
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite"
#the TwinView stuff
Option "TwinView" "true"
Option "MetaModes" "DFP: 1680x1050, CRT: NULL"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "DFP RightOf CRT"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP"
Option "HorizSync" "DFP: 30.0 - 83.0; CRT: 31.5 - 80"
Option "VertRefresh" "DFP: 56.0 - 75.0; CRT: 56.0 - 75.0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "Unknown Board"
BusID "PCI:5:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Analog TFT"
EndSection
When I change
Option "MetaModes" "DFP: 1680x1050, CRT: NULL"
to
Option "MetaModes" "DFP: 1680x1050, CRT: 1280x1024"
I still only get my widescreen coming on.
When I change
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP, CRT"
then only my widescreen comes on again. Swapping the arguments means only my small TFT comes on.
I'd be very grateful for help fixing this; I'm happy to follow any instructions you want, so I'll just be patient and wait for orders
- KD

I took the liberty to modify the relevant parts of the original xorg.conf file based on mine (I have a TwinView setup, but with identical monitors). Since bwalk has a similar setup to yours, you should try that first. If you still have problems for some reason, you can try the sections below.
I assume that the HorizSync and VertRefresh values are correct for your system, so I just used the original values as well (if you didn't set them, you might want to double check just to be sure). I commented out certain lines that seemed to be set by the program that created the config file, so if you need them, uncomment them...I just wanted to clean it up a bit. Again, understood that the CRT is on the left and the DFP is on the right, so that's how the MetaModes are declared. If it's the other way around, you will have to swap the value sets. I also assume that the DFP is your main monitor, so I set the CRT to NULL for any situation that requires it.
I'm not certain about the Screen section. Since so much info is declared above it, you might be able to eliminate the SubSection part, but I'm not sure. I hope you get it working.
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Server0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "Unknown Board"
BusID "PCI:6:0:0"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "MultiGPU" "AFR"
Option "sli" "off"
Option "TwinView" "true"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024,1680x1050; NULL,1680x1050"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT-0, DFP-0"
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "false"
Option "HorizSync" "CRT-0: 31.5-80; DFP-0: 30-83"
Option "VertRefresh" "CRT-0: 56-75; DFP-0: 56-75"
# Option "HWcursor"
# Option "CursorShadow"
# Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "32"
# Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "3"
# Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "3"
# Option "AllowGLXWithComposite"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "Unknown Board"
BusID "PCI:5:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "CRT-0"
VendorName "Blue Mountain"
ModelName "MT17XP"
HorizSync 31.50 - 80.00
VertRefresh 56.00 - 75.00
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "DFP-0"
VendorName "LG Electronics"
ModelName "L204WT"
HorizSync 30.00 - 83.00
VertRefresh 56.00 - 75.00
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "CRT-0"
DefaultDepth "24"
SubSection
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1680x1050"
Viewport 0 0
EndSubSection
EndSection

Aperture, dual monitor, x800 card help

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for