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Old 14th September 2007, 10:16 PM
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Dual monitor hotplugging/refresh rate
I'm using nvidia's proprietary driver with my nvidia card... I have an LCD monitor in addition to my laptop's screen... I want to make it such that when the external monitor is plugged in, Fedora uses only that one, and when it isn't, Fedora uses the laptop one. I think it might be trying to do this now, because it's almost working, except Fedora picks a default refresh rate that doesn't work with my external monitor, and all I can see is "Input Not Supported". When I unplug the monitor, reboot, plug it in and configure it manually, it works fine at 1680x1050 at 60hz.

So essentially I just need to know how to make 60hz the default for my external monitor.
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Old 18th September 2007, 08:46 PM
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*bump* :P Anyone?
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Old 21st September 2007, 01:00 AM
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I had the same problem and I fix it.

You must take work with your xorg.conf
# vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
I'll show you my xorg.conf before and after fix.
Only my card is radeon. For configuring xorg.conf I was read my
# man radeon
You must do the same but with your video card manual.

# less /etc/X11/xorg.conf
before fix
Code:
# Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Default Layout"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	InputDevice    "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Synaptics"
	Driver      "synaptics"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto-dev"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "radeon"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

# less /etc/X11/xorg.conf
after fix

Code:
# Xorg configuration created by system-config-display



Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Multihead layout"
        Option         "MonitorLayout"     "LVDS, CRT"
	Screen         0  "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"
	Screen         1  "Screen1" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	InputDevice    "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "AlwaysCore"
	InputDevice    "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
	InputDevice    "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
	InputDevice    "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
	InputDevice    "pad"
	Option	    "Xinerama" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Synaptics"
	Driver      "synaptics"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto-dev"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "stylus"
	Driver      "wacom"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
	Option	    "Type" "stylus"
	Option	    "USB" "on"
	Option	    "Tilt" "on"
	Option	    "PressCurve" "0,0,100,100"
	Option	    "Mode" "Absolute"
	Option	    "Speed" "1"
        Option "TopX" "0"
        Option "TopY" "0"
        Option "BottomX" "60960"
        Option "BottomY" "33250"
        Option "KeepShape" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "eraser"
	Driver      "wacom"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
	Option	    "Type" "eraser"
	Option	    "USB" "on"
	Option	    "PressCurve" "0,0,100,100"
	Option	    "Mode" "Absolute"
	Option	    "Speed" "1"
        Option "TopX" "0"
        Option "TopY" "0"
        Option "BottomX" "60960"
        Option "BottomY" "33250"
        Option "KeepShape" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "cursor"
	Driver      "wacom"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
	Option	    "Type" "cursor"
	Option	    "Mode" "Absolute"
	Option	    "USB" "on"
	Option	    "Speed" "1"
        Option "TopX" "0"
        Option "TopY" "0"
        Option "BottomX" "60960"
        Option "BottomY" "33250"
        Option "KeepShape" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "pad"
	Driver      "wacom"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
	Option	    "Type" "pad"
	Option	    "USB" "on"
	Option	    "Button1" "6"
	Option	    "Button2" "7"
	Option	    "Button3" "4"
	Option	    "Button4" "5"
        Option "TopX" "0"
        Option "TopY" "0"
        Option "BottomX" "60960"
        Option "BottomY" "33250"
        Option "KeepShape" "on"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "LCD Panel 1024x768"
        HorizSync    31.5 - 48.5
        VertRefresh  40.0 - 70.0
        # 1024x768 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 81.40 kHz; pclk: 113.31 MHz
        Modeline "1024x768_100.00"  113.31  1024 1096 1208 1392  768 769 772 814  -HSync +Vsync
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor1"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Philips 109B6"
	HorizSync    30.0 - 95.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 160.0
        # 1024x768 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 81.40 kHz; pclk: 113.31 MHz
        Modeline "1024x768_100.00"  113.31  1024 1096 1208 1392  768 769 772 814  -HSync +Vsync
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "radeon"
        VendorName  "Videocard Vendor"
	BoardName   "ATI Technologies Inc RS300M AGP [Radeon Mobility 9100IGP]"
        Option      "MonitorLayout"     "LVDS, CRT"
        Screen      0

EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard1"
	Driver      "radeon"
	VendorName  "Videocard Vendor"
	BoardName   "ATI Technologies Inc RS300M AGP [Radeon Mobility 9100IGP]"
	BusID       "PCI:1:5:0"
        Option      "MonitorLayout"     "LVDS, CRT"
	Screen      1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
                Depth           24
		Modes	       "1024x768_100.00"
        EndSubSection

EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen1"
	Device     "Videocard1"
	Monitor    "Monitor1"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes	       "1024x768_100.00"
	EndSubSection
EndSection
How you can see, I added some lines in xorg.conf for my both monitors and for appearing one big desktop.
Your work must be done in :

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard1"

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"


Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Multihead layout"

Go here for generate your monitor settings.
http://www.sh.nu/nvidia/gtf.php

Put this for example: 1024х768 с 60Hz and you get this line for you monitor:

# 1024x768 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 47.70 kHz; pclk: 64.11 MHz
Modeline "1024x768_60.00" 64.11 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 795 -HSync +Vsync




Put this line in your xorg.conf file in Section "Monitor"




Another page for generate modelines
http://koala.ilog.fr/cgi-bin/nph-colas-modelines

But I generated my modelines with first one.
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