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dual head display in fedora

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I have Fedora Core 1 installed and I have a Nvidia 5200 V-card that supports dual head configs.  I have install the latest drivers from Nvidia running them the cli as instructed. After reboot the Nvidia splash screen comes up. I enable dual-head in system-settings ==> displays but after a reboot one one monitor works... below is my Xfree86 config file:

# XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86
 
Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Multihead layout"
        Screen      0  "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"
        Screen      1  "Screen1" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        Option      "Xinerama" "off"
        Option      "Clone" "on"
EndSection
 
Section "Files"
 
# RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the
# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
# no need to change the default.
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
        RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
        FontPath     "unix/:7100"
EndSection
 
Section "Module"
        Load  "dbe"
        Load  "extmod"
        Load  "fbdevhw"
        Load  "glx"
        Load  "record"
        Load  "freetype"
        Load  "type1"
#       Load  "dri"
EndSection
 
Section "InputDevice"
 
# Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
#       Option  "Xleds"         "1 2 3"
# To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
#       Option  "XkbDisable"
# To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
# lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
# keyboard, you will probably want to use:
#       Option  "XkbModel"      "pc102"
# If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
#       Option  "XkbModel"      "microsoft"
#
# Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
# For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
#       Option  "XkbLayout"     "de"
# or:
#       Option  "XkbLayout"     "de"
#       Option  "XkbVariant"    "nodeadkeys"
#
# If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
# control keys, use:
#       Option  "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:swapcaps"
# Or if you just want both to be control, use:
#       Option  "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:nocaps"
#
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "keyboard"
        Option      "XkbRules" "xfree86"
        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
 
Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Mouse0"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
EndSection
 
Section "InputDevice"
 
# If the normal CorePointer mouse is not a USB mouse then
# this input device can be used in AlwaysCore mode to let you
# also use USB mice at the same time.
        Identifier  "DevInputMice"
        Driver      "mouse"
        Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection
 
Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "Sony CPD-420GS/GST/19GS2"
        DisplaySize  370        270
        HorizSync    30.0 - 96.0
        VertRefresh  48.0 - 120.0
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection
 
Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor1"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "Sony CPD-420GS/GST/19GS2"
        HorizSync    30.0 - 96.0
        VertRefresh  48.0 - 120.0
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection
 
Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "nvidia"
        VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
        BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"
EndSection
 
Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard1"
        Driver      "nv"
        VendorName  "Videocard Vendor"
        BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"
        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
 
Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "Sony CPD-420GS/GST/19GS2"
        DisplaySize  370        270
        HorizSync    30.0 - 96.0
        VertRefresh  48.0 - 120.0
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection
 
Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Monitor1"
        VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName    "Sony CPD-420GS/GST/19GS2"
        HorizSync    30.0 - 96.0
        VertRefresh  48.0 - 120.0
        Option      "dpms"
EndSection
 
Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard0"
        Driver      "nvidia"
        VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
        BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"
EndSection
 
Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Videocard1"
        Driver      "nv"
        VendorName  "Videocard Vendor"
        BoardName   "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"
        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
 
Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Videocard0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection
 
Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen1"
        Device     "Videocard1"
        Monitor    "Monitor1"
        DefaultDepth     24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth     24
                Modes    "1024x768"
        EndSubSection
EndSection


Any help would be a help. thanks.
gmac
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