[Tfug] Multiple monitors

Fri Aug 10 21:19:49 MST 2007

Using number 5 (addons to the Firefox brovser) is the ONLY way I have
actually been able to download youtube videos. If you wanted, I could walk
you through it, or simply email you links to the required files. I use it
all the time. And I will scan the forums and the manual for the sought after
information. Thanks,
     Sean


On 8/10/07, Predrag Punosevac <punosevac72 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> You must edit your xorg.conf file!
>
> Refer to chapter 5 of the Handbook
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html
> to get basic knowledge. You have to have the hardware specifications of
> your
> monitors. This is well documented procedure
> and I have done with 2 monitors of the different vendors and sizes
> also look FAQ
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/index.html  .
> The following forums might be very useful. Read forums before you post a
> question. The problems might
> have been solved already so people will ignore you.
> http://www.bsdforums.org/
> http://forums.bsdnexus.com/
> http://forums.pcbsd.org/ (You should be using this one big time! Most
> people
> how are asking questions are Windows converts)
> http://www.desktopbsd.net/forums/
>
> This is FreeBSD mailing list. People are EXTREMELY serious so they might
> ignore the questions if they think it is well-documented
> archive http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/current/freebsd-questions.html to ask
> a
> question send a mail to
> freebsd-quesionts at freebsd.org. These are the people who developed FreeBSD.
>
> The following are useful tutorials
>
> http://www.freebsddiary.org/
> http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/Main_Page
> http://www.onlamp.com/bsd/
> http://freebsd.rambler.ru/
> http://bsdwiki.reedmedia.net/wiki/
> http://www.bsdguides.org/
> http://www.daemonnews.org/
>
> I think this is enough for beginning.
>
> And one correction. I said previously that FreeBSD has a problem with the
> flush 7 which freezes
> but there are five other alternatives for lovers of YouTube.
> 1. Easiest snap the video with youtube-dl program and play with MPlayer or
> VLM players (compiled from ports) you need also win32-codecs-3.1.0.r1,1
> refer to Handbook about installation.
> 2. Use clive  the same as youtube-dl but works for YouTube and Google
> Video
> and converts the files to MP4
> 3. Use swfdec from ports (update first since you need the one released 6th
> of Avgust) still in experimental phase.
> 4. Use Gnash (Google to see how)
> 5. Use adds on to your Firefox web browser (I have never had success with
> this)
> Predrag
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean Warburton" <hl2addict at gmail.com>
> To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 15:46
> Subject: [Tfug] Multiple monitors
>
>
> > Hi everyone. Does anybody have expierence with multiple monitors? I have
> > four monitors I had running flawlessly under Windows XP and even Vista,
> but
> > I cant seem to do it under PCBSD. The best I am able to do is get two
> > running (the two attached to my primary video card), but when this
> happens,
> > the second monitor is a clone of the first AND Beryl is disabled. With
> one
> > monitor, everything runs perfectly.
> >
> > Would changing my gf.conf file to this:
> >
> >
> >
> > Section "ServerLayout"
> > Identifier "Xinerama"
> > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
> > Screen 1 "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
> > Option "Xinerama" "On"
> > InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> > InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Files"
> > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> > ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/dejavu/"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/hebrew/"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/vietnamese/"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/indic/"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ae_fonts1/AAHS"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ae_fonts1/AGA"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ae_fonts1/FS"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ae_fonts1/Kasr"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ae_fonts1/MCS"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ae_fonts1/Shmookh"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/bitstream-vera/"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"
> > FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Module"
> > Load "dbe"
> > Load "extmod"
> > Load "record"
> > Load "xtrap"
> > Load "freetype"
> > Load "type1"
> > Load "glx"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > Identifier "Mouse0"
> > Driver "mouse"
> > Option "Protocol" "Auto"
> > Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"
> > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "InputDevice"
> > Identifier "Keyboard0"
> > Driver "keyboard"
> > Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
> > Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Monitor"
> > Identifier "Monitor0"
> > VendorName "Compaq"
> > ModelName "P920"
> > HorizSync 31.5 - 81.0
> > VertRefresh 56.2 - 76.0
> > Option "DPMS"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Monitor"
> > Identifier "Monitor1"
> > VendorName "Dell"
> > ModelName "Trinitron (I will find the exact model number for this
> monitor)"
> > HorizSync 31.5 - 81.0
> > VertRefresh 56.2 - 76.0
> > Option "DPMS"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Device"
> > Identifier "Card0"
> > Driver "nvidia"
> > VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
> > BoardName "GeForce 7900GT/GTO"
> > BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Device"
> > Identifier "Card1"
> > Driver "nvidia"
> > VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
> > BoardName "7900 GT/GTO"
> > BusID "PCI:6:0:0"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Screen"
> > Identifier "Screen0"
> > Device "Card0"
> > Monitor "Monitor0"
> > DefaultDepth 24
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 24
> > Modes  "2560x1600" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
> "640x480"
> > EndSubSection
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Screen"
> > Identifier "Screen1"
> > Device "Card1"
> > Monitor "Monitor1"
> > DefaultDepth 24
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Depth 24
> > Modes "2560x1600" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > EndSubSection
> > EndSection
> >
> >
> >
> > Help get at least two monitors working independantly of each other?
> > I have two 7900 GTOs each sitting on a full PCI X16 pipe, even when SLI
> is
> > enabled. Since I can only enable monitors connected to the first card,
> would
> > removing the physical SLI connector (a small bridge that attaches to
> each
> > video card) help any? Thanks a lot!
> >      Sean
> >
> > --
> > FreeBSD v.1.4 (beta)
> > ASUS P5N32-SLI Premium
> > Intel Core 2 Duo 6600
> > dual eVGA 7900 GT OCs (full x16 SLI)
> > 1 gig DDR2 PC2-6400 (OCd to 866MHz)
> > 250 gig RAID 1 (mirroring)
> > custom Liquid cooling :)
> > four 17" CRTs (uber widescreen)
> > 7.1 surround sound (296 watts)
> > one happy gamer
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-- 
FreeBSD v.1.4 (beta)
ASUS P5N32-SLI Premium
Intel Core 2 Duo 6600
dual eVGA 7900 GT OCs (full x16 SLI)
1 gig DDR2 PC2-6400 (OCd to 866MHz)
250 gig RAID 1 (mirroring)
custom Liquid cooling :)
four 17" CRTs (uber widescreen)
7.1 surround sound (296 watts)
one happy gamer