Re: [TCLUG:18782] Dual monitor saga continues (XF86Config for DualMatrox)

[Peter Lukas <peter@math.umn.edu>]

Here's the config for a MatroxG400 AGP and G200PCI on 2 Sony MultiScan
520GS 20-inch monitors at 1600x1200x16:

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier      "XFree86 Configured"
        Screen          "Screen0" 0 0
        Screen          "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
        InputDevice     "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice     "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        Option          "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
EndSection

Section "Files"
        FontPath        "unix/:-1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "GLcore"
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "dri"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "pex5"
        Load  "record"
        Load  "xie"
        Load  "type1"
        Load  "ttf"
        Load  "xtt"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "SNY"
        ModelName    "2b0"
        HorizSync    30.0 - 96.0
        VertRefresh  48.0 - 160.0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor1"
        VendorName   "SNY"
        ModelName    "2b0"
        HorizSync    30.0 - 96.0
        VertRefresh  48.0 - 160.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        Option     "HWcursor"
        Option     "MGASDRAM"
        Option     "OverclockMem"
        Identifier  "Matrox MGA G200 PCI"
        Driver      "mga"
        VendorName  "Matrox"
        ChipSet     "mgag200"
        BoardName   "MGA G200 PCI"
        BusID       "PCI:0:14:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        Option     "SWcursor"
        Option     "SyncOnGreen"
        Option     "MGASDRAM"
        Option     "OverclockMem"
        Identifier  "Matrox MGA G400 AGP"
        Driver      "mga"
        VendorName  "Matrox"
        ChipSet     "mgag400"
        BoardName   "MGA G400 AGP"
        BusID       "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Matrox MGA G200 PCI"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth  16
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     1
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     4
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     8
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     15
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16
                Modes   "1600x1200"
                Visual  "TrueColor"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen1"
        Device     "Matrox MGA G400 AGP"
        Monitor    "Monitor1"
        DefaultDepth  16
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     1
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     4
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     8
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     15
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16
                Modes  "1600x1200"
                Visual  "TrueColor"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
EndSection

Everything works like a charm.  The OpenGL stuff only works in the primary
adapter.  Fullscreen will probably conk out the display.  I've added the
+xinerama option to /etc/inittab under the X reference.

I've also been banging on the G400Max with no luck.  The Xi eXpensive
server farce only allows for 1280x1024 with the G400 and showed some
display problems.  I've yet to get XF4.0 to talk to the second monitor on
the G400Max.  Anyone else have any luck with this?

Peter Lukas

On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Bob Tanner wrote:

> Quoting Peter Lukas (peter@math.umn.edu):
> > You can set the PCI Video to be the secondary display device in the
> > system's BIOS.  I had a dual G200/G400 configuration running very well.  I
> > can send you the config if you like.
> > 
> > On a sidenote, has anyone been able to configure a Matrox G400MAX to use
> > dual monitors in X 4.0?  Only the Xi dual-head server works (at a lame
> > 1280x1024 or less).
> 
> Please post your config, let's share with everyone. :-)
> 
> From the documentation, it looks like Xinerama is only enabled with the
> +xinerama open to the X server? No way to activate this in the config?
> 
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