Dual Video and Beryl??

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Dual Video and Beryl??

Post by silver »

I have a dual head video card. My problem is when I turn Beryl on.

My second screen locks, then my hole system locks up. Except the mouse.

Any one out there who can help me solve this?
I would apreciat it.

Thanks
Ronnie
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Post by Lolo Uila »

A little more info, please...

What video card are you using?

What video driver (default open source, or proprietary)?

And how did you set up dual displays (xinerama, merged-fb, twinview)?

It's difficult to help you when we have no info to work with.

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Sorry my fault

Post by silver »

I'm running a Geforce 6200, (256mb), running Nvidia restricted drivers.

the screens are set up as seperate X screens.

No Xinerama, no Twinview.

Any thing else I can give you to help me.

Here is a copy of my xorg.

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

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection

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

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

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

Section "Monitor"

# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Samsung"
ModelName "Samsung SyncMaster"
HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "DELL"
ModelName "DELL E773c"
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 6200"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 6200"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: 1280x1024 +0+0; CRT-0: 1152x864 +0+0; CRT-0: 1024x768 +0+0; CRT-0: 832x624 +0+0; CRT-0: 800x600 +0+0; CRT-0: 640x480 +0+0"
Option "AGPMode" "8"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "on"
Option "TripleBuffer" "true"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Videocard1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "metamodes" "CRT-1: 1280x1024 +0+0"
Option "AGPMode" "8"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "on"
Option "TripleBuffer" "true"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Thanks
Ronnie
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Post by Lolo Uila »

I believe you have to use TwinView if you want Beryl. Otherwise 3D acceleration only works on 1 display.
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Post by silver »

Well that didn't get me far.

I ajusted my xorg file to turn twinview on. and It didn't change anything.

Beryl still dosen't do any thing more than it did. Perhapse my ajusting is wrong take a look. Anyone who might be able to help I would apriciate it. I noticed that Compiz is the same, i.e. dosen't work any better than beryl.

here is my changed xorg.

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

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection

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

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

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

Section "Monitor"

# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Samsung"
ModelName "Samsung SyncMaster"
HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"

# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "DELL"
ModelName "DELL E773c"
HorizSync 30.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 6200"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 6200"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "metamodes" "CRT-0: 1280x1024 +0+0; CRT-0: 1152x864 +0+0; CRT-0: 1024x768 +0+0; CRT-0: 832x624 +0+0; CRT-0: 800x600 +0+0; CRT-0: 640x480 +0+0"
Option "AGPMode" "8"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "on"
Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "True"
Option "TripleBuffer" "true"
Option "TwinView" "1"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Videocard1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "metamodes" "CRT-1: 1280x1024 +0+0"
Option "AGPMode" "8"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "on"
Option "DisableGLXRootClipping" "True"
Option "TripleBuffer" "true"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Thanks for the help
Ronnie
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