Third monitor on second display card how?

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**OS : **openSUSE 13.2 (Harlequin) (x86_64)
Mainboard : m5a97 le r2.0
**Display Card 1: **GeForce GTS 450
**Display Card 2: **GeForce 6600 GT

I want to connect third monitor on second Display Card. I installed geforce 400 series driver setup from opensuse-community.org.

I have to install geforce 6 series driver setup for second Display card. When I tried, I got the message below from yast.

x11-video-nvidiaG03-340.93-36.1.x86_64 conflicts with x11-video-nvidiaG02 provided by x11-video-nvidiaG02-304.128-34.1.x86_64

     ] Following actions will be done:
deinstallation of x11-video-nvidiaG03-340.93-36.1.x86_64
deinstallation of nvidia-uvm-gfxG03-kmp-desktop-340.93_k3.16.6_2-36.1.x86_64
     ] do not install x11-video-nvidiaG02-304.128-34.1.x86_64

I also have Radeon x1550 display card. If things will go easy, I can use this display card. Last thing how can I configure third monitor later.

Thanks.

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I don’t think the current drivers support older card 6600 and the older drivers do not support newer cards. Why?? Ask NVIDIA

Mixing brands of GPU is not a great idea and probably will not work at all

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Don’t try to install the prop. drivers for your older nvidia card. You want to use the new nvidia card with its associated prop nvidia driver and the modesetting driver for the other card (you can use either your old nvidia or the ati card, it won’t matter), and then use xrandr setproviders. Follow the instructions here: ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/358.09/README/randr14.html

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hi Tyler_K
When I entered the command “xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0” , I got message
“Could not find provider with name modesetting”

my xorg.conf.d/50-device.conf


Section "Module"
    Load "modesetting"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "nvidia"
    Driver "nvidia"
    BusID "01@0000:00:0"
    Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration"
EndSection
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It is provided by the xf86-video-modesetting package, so you need to install that package first.

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  • Which state:

If X.Org X server version 1.17.2 or higher is installed… Older X servers require a slightly more complicated configuration…

Looking at http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=opensuse … it appears 1.16.1 is what you’re dealing with

Note that the xserver 1.17 release saw the modesetting driver integrated directly into the xserver … so, in future, you will no longer find the package deano mentioned

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I changed the second display card “GeForce 6600 GT” because it is broken. New display card is sapphire x1550 (ati - radeon).
xorg.conf file


Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier "layout"
  Screen 0 "nvidia" 
  Inactive "radeon"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier "nvidia"
  Driver "nvidia"
  BusID "01:00:00"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier "nvidia"
  Device "nvidia"
  Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration"
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier "radeon"
  Driver "modesetting"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier "radeon"
  Device "radeon"
EndSection

output of “lspci”


00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (external gfx0 port B) (rev 02)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port B)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port D)
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port G)
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 40)
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 42)
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller (rev 40)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (rev 40)
00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:15.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:16.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:16.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h Processor Function 0
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h Processor Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h Processor Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h Processor Function 3
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h Processor Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h Processor Function 5
**01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF116 [GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF116 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)**
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 09)
03:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller
04:05.0 Network controller: Ralink corp. RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
04:06.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7131/SAA7133/SAA7135 Video Broadcast Decoder (rev d1)
**05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV516 [Radeon X1300/X1550 Series]
05:00.1 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RV516 [Radeon X1300/X1550 Series] (Secondary)**

output of xrandx —listproviders


Providers: number : 2
Provider 0: id: 0x2b2 cap: 0x1, Source Output crtcs: 2 outputs: 4 associated providers: 0 name:NVIDIA-0
Provider 1: id: 0x44 cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 2 outputs: 3 associated providers: 0 name:modesetting

successful commands below.
xrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0
xrandr --auto

**But there is no signal on my third monitor.

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I can see my third monitor on “Display Configuration - KDE Control Module”. It is acer x193HQ.
http://s1.postimg.org/ldmul6of3/kdeconfiguration.png

So I feel like we are close to solution. But I don’t understand. Why is there any signal on my third monitor?

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I changed the resolution on third monitor. Now I got signal, but it was broken. I can’t get screen-shot of third monitor. I think, the problem is something like driver problem. What do you think.

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Try using xrandr, or kscreen (dragging and dropping) to set the monitor arrangement