Dualhead: Separate X session isn't really separate

[schwim]

Hey there everyone,

I installed the nvidia drivers and used the nvidia control panel applet to edit xorg.conf for dualhead use. I saved and rebooted. On reboot, monitor 0 and 1 both activate(yay!), but I can't actually do anything in monitor 1(boo!). Trying to move an application over to 1 doesn't work(because it's a separate x session), so I tried adding a mint menu to the task bar. When I click on the menu on the taskbar in monitor 1, it opens in monitor 0. Other than adding taskbars, I can't actually do anything in monitor 1.

Here's my xorg.conf generated by the nvidia applet:

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 nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 1.0  (buildd@palmer)  Sun Feb  1 20:21:04 UTC 2009

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier     "Monitor0"
	VendorName     "Unknown"
	ModelName      "Proview"
	HorizSync       30.0 - 80.0
	VertRefresh     60.0 - 75.0
	Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier     "Monitor1"
	VendorName     "Unknown"
	ModelName      "Proview"
	HorizSync       30.0 - 80.0
	VertRefresh     60.0 - 75.0
	Option         "DPMS"
	# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier     "Screen0"
	Device         "Device0"
	Monitor        "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth    24
	Option         "TwinView" "0"
	Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
	Option         "metamodes" "CRT-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0; CRT-0: 1024x768 +0+0"
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth       24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier     "Screen1"
	Device         "Device1"
	Monitor        "Monitor1"
	DefaultDepth    24
	Option         "TwinView" "0"
	Option         "metamodes" "CRT-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth       24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load           "dbe"
	Load           "extmod"
	Load           "type1"
	Load           "freetype"
	Load           "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier     "Mouse0"
	Driver         "mouse"
	Option         "Protocol" "auto"
	Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
	Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
	Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier     "Keyboard0"
	Driver         "kbd"
	# generated from default
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Layout0"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 1440 0
	Screen      1  "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier     "Device0"
	Driver         "nvidia"
	VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
	BoardName      "GeForce 6800 GT"
	BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
	Screen          0
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier     "Device1"
	Driver         "nvidia"
	VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
	BoardName      "GeForce 6800 GT"
	BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
	Screen          1
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
	Option         "Xinerama" "0"
	Option	"DontZap"	"False"
EndSection

Could someone help me get dualhead working properly? I'm in need of it quite badly.

thanks,
json

[Husse]

Your xorg.conf looks OK
I only have one idea - did you install nvidia-settings?
gksu nvidia-settings is the key to nvidia
It must be root to be persistent

[schwim]

Hi there Husse, and thanks very much for your reply.

I used the Nvidia config app that came with the Mint install of the restricted drivers. This is the app that you're speaking of, correct?

thanks,
json

[Husse]

Yes - if it's called nvidia-settings
I was not sure if it was installed through the restricted drivers tool - I have ATI now but may go back to nvidia
There is a command line tool called xrandr that may help you but I don't know how easy it is to use

[schwim]

I just wanted to update this.

It's a known bug that was filed 3 months ago and is considered to be of low importance.

[Husse]

Oh well - not much we can do - and I was not even near that bug when I looked for solutions....

[schwim]

I would have never found it had it not been for a friendly pointer at the Ubu forums.

Grabbing a copy of Fedora 11 preview and going to see if they've gotten KDE working the way it should be