[freegeek-startup] [Fwd: Re: monitor test load-out, xorg.conf]

[benB]

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>> Kent
>>
>   well, about this x file! (no, not the show)
>   all our monitor testers are debian sarge boxes, so they
>   use Xfree86, to get a picture on all monitors i added
>   all identical pci video cards to a box (no agp card)
>   and ran:
> 
>   "X -configure"
>   this creates a XF86config-4 file in the /root directory
>   with all the proper settings for the multiple cards,
>   i then tweaked the "Server Layout" section so the same
>   image shows through each monitor
> 
>   this should work for xorg, creating an xorg.conf file instead.
>   
>   i will try it using xorg and post the file if i get it to work
>   
>   -Dave

see, now, that's exactly what i did!!! okay, so not all the cards are
identical, and i think one is agp.  but they simply *refuse* to all work
at once.  at one point i had three going--the onboard card acting for
the reference monitor-- but i couldn't possibly get more, and there were
no helpful error messages, just solid system freeze-ups.

i thought perhaps y'all had some fancy trick, like two dual-head nvidias
or some such.

perhaps you could post Xfree conf file and the models of cards?  i'm
really at a loss as to where i went wrong, so maybe duplicating a known
good configuration is the way to go.

thanks!

- -bB
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