[Bug 16897] New: Support for multiple nvidia cards

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http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16897

           Summary: Support for multiple nvidia cards
           Product: xorg
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: x86 (IA32)
        OS/Version: Linux (All)
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Driver/nouveau
        AssignedTo: nouveau-PD4FTy7X32lNgt0PjOBp9y5qC8QIuHrW@public.gmane.org
        ReportedBy: jason-Dy99Nv/Bu4mzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org
         QAContact: xorg-team-go0+a7rfsptAfugRpC6u6w@public.gmane.org


I have two (rather old) nvidia cards in my PC.
 * GeForce4 MX 420
 * RIVA TNT2

I used these two cards to create a multi-seat setup with Fedora 8. (I used the
proprietary nvidia driver). It worked great.

When I upgraded to Fedora 9, I found that the proprietary driver wasn't
supported, so I'm giving Nouveau a try. I'm finding that Nouveau can only deal
with one card at a time, apparently. When I start X with the second card, the
second monitor does not light up and X apparently locks up.

Surprisingly, I couldn't find an existing bugzilla entry for supporting
multiple cards, so now I'm creating one. Hope that's ok.

(PS- I have some time in the next few weeks, and I'm a pretty good C
programmer. Is this a bug that one could get into the code and fix in a few
weeks, or are we talking major rewrite of the driver?)


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