Triple monitors!

Posted by Eric Stein - December 13, 2006 CE @ 19:44:02 UTC

Triple monitors for the win. If you aren't intrigued by nvidia drivers and X.org, ignore this post.

/etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "Files"
        # For XFS (x font server), uncomment this and comment the others
        # FontPath      "unix/:-1"

        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/util"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/default"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/encodings"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/encodings/large"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera"
        FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        SubSection "extmod"
                Option  "omit xfree86-dga"
        EndSubSection

        Load    "type1"
        Load    "freetype"
        Load    "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option  "blank time"    "10"
        Option  "standby time"  "20"
        Option  "suspend time"  "30"
        Option  "off time"      "60"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Keyboard1"

        Driver  "kbd"
        Option  "XkbModel"      "microsoft"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "Mouse1"

        Driver  "mouse"

        Option  "Protocol"      "IMPS/2"
        Option  "Device"        "/dev/psaux"
        Option  "ZAxisMapping"  "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Dell E193FP 0"
        HorizSync       31.5-80
        VertRefresh     75
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Dell E193FP 1"
        HorizSync       31.5-80
        VertRefresh     75
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
        Identifier      "Dell E193FP 2"
        HorizSync       31.5-80
        VertRefresh     75
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "nVidia GeForce6200 0"
        VendorName      "XFX"

        Driver  "nvidia"
        BusID   "PCI:3:0:0"
        Screen  0

        Option  "NoLogo"
        Option  "UseDisplayDevice"      "DFP"
        Option  "RenderAccel"           "true"
        Option  "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
        Option  "UseEdidDpi"            "FALSE"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "nVidia GeForce6200 1"
        VendorName      "XFX"

        Driver  "nvidia"
        BusID   "PCI:8:0:0"
        Screen  0

        Option  "NoLogo"
        Option  "UseDisplayDevice"      "DFP"
        Option  "RenderAccel"           "true"
        Option  "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
        Option  "UseEdidDpi"            "FALSE"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "nVidia GeForce6200 2"
        VendorName      "XFX"

        Driver  "nvidia"
        BusID   "PCI:8:0:0"
        Screen  1

        Option  "NoLogo"
        Option  "UseDisplayDevice"      "DFP"
        Option  "RenderAccel"           "true"
        Option  "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
        Option  "UseEdidDpi"            "FALSE"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Screen 0"
        Device          "nVidia GeForce6200 0"
        Monitor         "Dell E193FP 0"

        DefaultDepth 24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1280x1024"
        EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Screen 1"
        Device          "nVidia GeForce6200 1"
        Monitor         "Dell E193FP 1"

        DefaultDepth 24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1280x1024"
        EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier      "Screen 2"
        Device          "nVidia GeForce6200 2"
        Monitor         "Dell E193FP 2"

        DefaultDepth 24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth           24
                Modes           "1280x1024"
        EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Server Layout"
        Identifier "Multihead"

        Screen "Screen 0"
        Screen "Screen 1" Rightof "Screen 0"
        Screen "Screen 2" Rightof "Screen 1"

        InputDevice     "Mouse1"        "CorePointer"
        InputDevice     "Keyboard1"     "CoreKeyboard"

        Option          "Xinerama"      "on"
        Option          "Clone"         "off"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
                Mode    0666
EndSection

Voila:

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