7/29/2005

Four Monitors

I finally got my final setup working with the monitors I got off fatwallet.

This is one of the coolest things I’ve ever done. It took me a long time to get it working on linux but I finally got it so that I can use all 4 monitors on the same computer at once.

Here are the important parts of my xorg.conf file:

Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 Screen 1 "Screen1" Above "Screen0" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection


Section "Device"
        Option      "TwinView"

        Option      "SecondMonitorHorizSynch" "31-82"

        Option      "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "56-76"

        Option          "MetaModes"     "1280x1024, 1280x1024"

        Option          "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"

        Identifier  "Videocard1"

        Driver      "nvidia"

        VendorName  "Videocard vendor"

        BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"

        BusId       "PCI:0:10:0"

EndSection

Section "Device" Option "TwinView" Option "SecondMonitorHorizSynch" "31-82" Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "56-76" Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024, 1280x1024" Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "Videocard vendor" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)" BusId "AGP:1:0:0" EndSection

I also have 2 basic monitor sections and 2 basic screen sections in the file. There’s nothing special about either one of them.

I’ve already become a dual monitor bigot (I say I won’t ever go back to working at a computer again without 2 monitors), we’ll see if I become a 4 monitor bigot. I doubt it, but it’s cool none the less.

Check out my screenshot: