HOWTO: Get Dual Displays Working with an HP 8510w Notebook (Nvidia+Fedora 7)

Once the correct Livna packaged Nvidia drivers were installed, I had to tweak my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file a bit to get things to work just the way I wanted (typical Linux stuff; and no, I'm not complaining).  Here's the Device section of the xorg.conf configuration that works exactly the way I want (when I'm not using a docking station, and plugging a flat-panel (or projector) into the external monitor port on the back of the notebook):

Section "Device"
  Identifier  "Videocard0"
  Driver      "nvidia"
  Option      "TwinView" "True"
  Option      "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
  Option      "MetaModes" "CRT-0:1280x1024,DFP-0:1920x1200"
  Option      "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT,DFP"
  Option      "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0, CRT-0"
  Option      "RenderAccel" "True"
  BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

FOLLOWUP 2/1/09:

Here's the dual-display Device section of my xorg.conf file that I use when the notebook is docked in a docking station.  Attached to the docking station I have a single flat-panel connected to the DVI out port.  This dual-display configuration uses the DVI digital flat-panel in addition to the notebook's built-in display:

Section "Device"
  Identifier  "Videocard0"
  Driver      "nvidia"
  Option      "TwinView" "True"
  Option      "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
  Option      "MetaModes" "DFP-1:1280x1024,DFP-0:1920x1200"
  Option      "ConnectedMonitor" "DFP,DFP"
  Option      "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0,DFP-1"
  Option      "RenderAccel" "True"
  BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Here's the dual-display configuration I use at work, where I have two flat-panels plugged into the docking station.  One display is connected to the DVI out and the other is plugged into the VGA out on the back of the docking station:

Section "Device"
  Identifier  "Videocard0"
  Driver      "nvidia"
  Option      "TwinView" "True"
  Option      "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
  Option      "MetaModes" "CRT-0:1600x1200_60,DFP-1:1600x1200_60"
  Option      "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT-0,DFP-1"
  Option      "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0,DFP-1"
  Option      "RenderAccel" "True"
  BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

FOLLOWUP 4/10/09:

Here are the three monitor configurations, and related xorg.conf files, I use with my HP 8510w:

1. Dual display, no docking station.  1st display is the laptops built in display.  The 2nd display is plugged into the VGA external monitor out port on the back of the notebook.
   
   xorg.conf.config_1.txt
   
   
2. Dual display, with a docking station.  The 1st display is the laptops built in display.  The 2nd external display is plugged into the DVI out (white) on the back of the docking station.
   
   xorg.conf.config_2.txt
   
   
3. Dual display, with a docking station.  1st display is plugged into the VGA out (blue) port and the 2nd display is plugged into the DVI out (white) on the back of the docking station.  The HP 8510w only supports two displays, so in this configuration, the built in display is disabled.
   
   xorg.conf.config_3.txt