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Brett Viren <[log in to unmask]>
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Brett Viren <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 26 Jul 2005 15:14:34 -0400
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Bernd Fuhrmann <[log in to unmask]> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I want to use scientific linux of a machine with 4 monitors.
>
> What kind of graphic cards are supported?
> - NVIDIA Quadro4 400NVS 64MB P75000 nVIDIA NV17 ?
> - MATROX ParheliaLX QUAD QID-QDA8X128 75000 128MB DDR AGP8X QID ?
> - MATROX G450 MMS 4x32MB DDR PCI RTL 75000 ?

We have a system with two dual head Matrox cards:

03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP (rev 85)
04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP (rev 85)

running on 303 using the appended XF86Config file.  The setup mostly
works with Xinerama and KDE.  There are some problems.  There is a
timeout for setting up each head that causes long delays in bringing
up X.  The timeouts are associted with these log entries:

(--) MGA(1): BIOS at 0xFE9C0000
(II) Truncating PCI BIOS Length to 36864
(--) MGA(1): Video BIOS info block at offset 0x07CE0
(WW) MGA(1): Video BIOS info block not detected!


This is more a nuisance than show stopper.

-Brett.

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Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Default Layout"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
        Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
        Screen      2  "Screen2" RightOf "Screen1"
        Screen      3  "Screen3" RightOf "Screen2"
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        Option "Xinerama" "On"
        Option "Clone"  "Off"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option "Xinerama" "true"
EndSection


Section "Files"

# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
        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"

# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#       Option  "Xleds"         "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#       Option  "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#       Option  "XkbModel"      "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#       Option  "XkbModel"      "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#       Option  "XkbLayout"     "de"
# or:
#       Option  "XkbLayout"     "de"
#       Option  "XkbVariant"    "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#       Option  "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
        Option  "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:nocaps"
#
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "keyboard"
        Option      "XkbRules" "xfree86"
        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" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
        Identifier  "DevInputMice"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "SDM-S93"
        DisplaySize  380        300
        HorizSync    28.0 - 65.0
        VertRefresh  57.0 - 75.0
        #Option     "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "mga"
        BusId   "PCI:4:0:0"
        VideoRam 32768
        Option "Int10"
        Option "MGSDRAM" "true"
        Option "backingstore"
        Option "HWCursor" "off"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard1"
        Driver      "mga"
        BusId   "PCI:4:0:0"
        VideoRam 32768
        Option "Int10"
        Option "MGSDRAM" "true"
        Option "backingstore"
        Option "HWCursor" "off"
        Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard2"
        Driver      "mga"
        BusId   "PCI:3:0:0"
        VideoRam 32768
        Option "Int10"
        Option "MGSDRAM" "true"
        Option "backingstore"
        Option "HWCursor" "off"
        Option "ShadowFB" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard3"
        Driver      "mga"
        BusId   "PCI:3:0:0"
        VideoRam 32768
        Option "Int10"
        Option "MGSDRAM" "true"
        Option "backingstore"
        Option "HWCursor" "off"
        Option "ShadowFB" "true"
        Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     16
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16
                Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen1"
        Device     "Videocard1"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     16
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16
                Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen2"
        Device     "Videocard2"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     16
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16
                Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen3"
        Device     "Videocard3"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     16
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     16
                Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Group        0
        Mode         0666
EndSection

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