[Tfug] Multiple monitors

Fri Aug 10 22:48:01 MST 2007

 Although youtube-db and clive (they are also available for MS-DOS) kick
butts big time I would LOVE to learn the new stuff.
Please email me the link to documentation or how to for the adds on you are
recommending.

I am a member of ALL forums I recommended you but in particular I would
suggest you to become a
member of PC-BSD forum. Most of people there are Windows converts and really
not system administrators,
programmers or nerds(which is typical FreeBSD crowd). Probably they will be
able to help you better with your Network than me. I really do not use
PC-BSD and do not remember GUI tools very much. I do my stuff old fashion
way by editing configuration files.

But even you should carefully read your
#dmesg (this is the boot message)
and
#ifconfig (which will list your internet interfaces which are detected by
kernel)

and send them along with your questions because people will be unable to
help you otherwise.
People would most of the time ignore you question if they think you didn't
send enough info about the problem

They also have a plenty experience with Beryl (unlike me) and yes there are
lots of GAMERS over there who would probably like to do the same things as
you. (You might have even a LAN party)

Multiple monitors are not joke! I remember it learning from Greg Lehey
threads on FreeBSD mailing list and he is the second person to work on BSD
after the Bill Joel of SUN (sometimes in early seventies) with more than 30
years of experience. His book is also free and it is a great book worth of
reading
 http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/

The problem with a book like that is that cover OS not applications so in
particular doesn't talk about CUPS or XSane or
Gphoto2 or Kphone and things like that. Help for applications has to be seek
on their official websites.
Sometime those information are not BSD specific (since most applications are
written by people who use Linux which has
wider Desktop base unlike FreeBSD that is first and foremost OS for big
servers, firewall machines, storage devices, and only then Desktop OS but
this is changing rapidly)
You should ask questions specifically related to configuration those
applications on FreeBSD which would be considered very reasonable and people
would really try to help you.

I hope this helps.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sean Warburton" <hl2addict at gmail.com>
To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 21:19
Subject: Re: [Tfug] Multiple monitors

> 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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> 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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