<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/" /> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW --- - Cannot enable second video card on nvidia quadro NVS420" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51798#c4">Comment # 4</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW --- - Cannot enable second video card on nvidia quadro NVS420" href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51798">bug 51798</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:emil.l.velikov@gmail.com" title="Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com>"> Emil Velikov</a> <pre>(In reply to <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=51798#c3">comment #3</a>) Slight improvement of Ilia's trick grep . /sys/bus/pci/devices/*/drm/*/card*/{status,enabled} > I think "enabled" is like "is there a KMS user that has enabled this > connector" (probably something to do with assigned crtc's or who knows). I think so too, * status indicates if there is a connection (cable is plugged) * whereas enabled - if the output enabled/is there a user that has enabled > e.g. Xorg. Looking at your xorg log, it only loads for the first gpu. Do you > have an xorg.conf that hardcodes the busid? > Indeed, I was wondering why nouveau is loaded only once by X A minimal xorg.conf like the following should do the job Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nouveau" # Actual PCI location of first card/gpu BusID "PCI:3:0:0" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Device1" Driver "nouveau" # Actual PCI location of second card/gpu BusID "PCI:4:0:0" EndSection Additionally if you're planning to use three or more outputs you might want to setup xinerama/zaphod heads [1] > In any case, I'd highly recommend retesting with a new kernel and > xf86-video-nouveau (and maybe xorg-server). Seconded [1] <a href="http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/MultiMonitorDesktop/">http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/MultiMonitorDesktop/</a></pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>