Dual monitor display 12.04?

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Published on 2012-09-21T20:30:58Z Indexed on 2012/09/22 3:49 UTC
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I have 2 beautiful 27" asus monitors. I started trying out Ubuntu 12.04 and now only one works and thats vga ..

Any help here cause I'm stumped. I have a bfg tech nivida Geforce 8800 gt 512mb and I'm trying to fix this.

Getting this error Wen i try to configure the xorg file Failed to set MetaMode (1) 'DFP-0: 1280x1024 @1280x1024 +0+0, DFP-1: 1280x1024 @1280x1024 +1280+0' (Mode 2560x1024, id: 50) on X screen 0.

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This is the xorg.conf

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nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings

nvidia-settings: version 295.33 (buildd@allspice) Fri Mar 30 15:25:24 UTC 2012

Section "ServerLayout"

Removed Option "Xinerama" "1"

Removed Option "Xinerama" "0"

Removed Option "Xinerama" "1"

Identifier     "Layout0"
Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option         "Xinerama" "0"

EndSection

Section "Files" EndSection

Section "InputClass" Identifier "Mouse Remap" MatchProduct "Saitek Cyborg R.A.T.7 Mouse" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0 0 0 0 0" EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

# generated from default
Identifier     "Keyboard0"
Driver         "kbd"

EndSection

Section "Monitor"

# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier     "Monitor1"
VendorName     "Unknown"
ModelName      "Ancor Communications Inc VE247"
HorizSync       30.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh     50.0 - 76.0
Option         "DPMS"

EndSection

Section "Monitor"

# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier     "Monitor0"
VendorName     "Unknown"
ModelName      "Ancor Communications Inc VE247"
HorizSync       30.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh     50.0 - 76.0
Option         "DPMS"

EndSection

Section "Device" Identifier "Device1" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" BoardName "Quadro FX 1500" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Screen 1 EndSection

Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" BoardName "Quadro FX 1500" EndSection

Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen1" Device "Device1" Monitor "Monitor1" DefaultDepth 24 Option "TwinView" "0" Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-1" Option "metamodes" "DFP-1: 1280x1024 +0+0" SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection

Section "Screen"

Removed Option "TwinView" "0"

Removed Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1280x1024 +0+0"

Removed Option "TwinView" "1"

Removed Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1280x1024 +0+0, DFP-1: 1280x1024 +1280+0"

Removed Option "TwinView" "0"

Removed Option "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1280x1024 +0+0"

Identifier     "Screen0"
Device         "Device0"
Monitor        "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth    24
Option         "TwinView" "1"
Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
Option         "metamodes" "DFP-0: 1280x1024 +0+0, DFP-1: 1280x1024 +1280+0; DFP-1: 1280x1024_60 +0+0"
SubSection     "Display"
    Depth       24
EndSubSection

EndSection

Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Disable" EndSection

FILE ^^^^

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