Question about dual monitors

gaberade ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org
Fri Apr 28 11:58:10 UTC 2006


Ok, newbie again, so I figured out how to edit xorg.conf. I guess I
should have played around for a few minutes before asking ^_^;;



I think I've got my xorg set up fine but it's still not working right



This is what I've got



Section "Device"

	Identifier	"ATI_0"

	Driver		"ati"

	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"

Screen         0

EndSection



Section "Device"

	Identifier	"ATI_1"

	Driver		"ati"

	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"

	Screen		1

EndSection



Section "Monitor"

	Identifier	"Laptop Monitor"

	Option		"DPMS"

	Modeline	"1280x800 at 60" 83.91 1280 1312 1624 1656 800 816 824 841

EndSection



Section "Monitor"

	Identifier	"External Monitor"

	Option		"DPMS"

	HorizSync	30-75

	VertRefresh	30-60

EndSection



Section "Screen"

	Identifier	"Laptop Screen"

	Device		"ATI_0"

	Monitor		"Laptop Monitor"

	DefaultDepth	24

	SubSection "Display"

		Depth		1

		Modes		"1280x800"

	EndSubSection

	SubSection "Display"

		Depth		4

		Modes		"1280x800"

	EndSubSection

	SubSection "Display"

		Depth		8

		Modes		"1280x800"

	EndSubSection

	SubSection "Display"

		Depth		15

		Modes		"1280x800"

	EndSubSection

	SubSection "Display"

		Depth		16

		Modes		"1280x800"

	EndSubSection

	SubSection "Display"

		Depth		24

		Modes		"1280x800"

	EndSubSection

EndSection



Section "Screen"

	Identifier	"External Screen"

	Device		"ATI_1"

	Monitor		"External Monitor"

EndSection



Section "ServerLayout"

	Identifier	"Default Layout"

	Screen 0	  "Laptop Screen" 0 0

Screen 1          "External Screen" RightOf "Laptop Screen"

	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"

	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"

	InputDevice	"Synaptics Touchpad"

Option             "Xinerama" "on"

EndSection





That's giving me an x error :-k  so currently I've editted it to



Section "Device"

	Identifier	"ATI_0"

	Driver		"ati"

	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"

EndSection



Section "ServerLayout"

	Identifier          "Default Layout"

	Screen  	  "Laptop Screen"

	InputDevice	"Generic Keyboard"

	InputDevice	"Configured Mouse"

	InputDevice	"Synaptics Touchpad"

EndSection



That works, but the external is just a clone of the laptop screen.


-- 
gaberade




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