Sucess with dual monitors

[Marius Gedminas]

On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 01:55:41AM +0100, Sarangan Thuraisingham wrote:
> Instead of using several xorg.conf files try using ServerLayouts.

And those are not necessary if you use MergedFB.  Just toggle between
dual-head and clone mode with xrandr.

Just beware that the radeon driver in dapper is very likely to crash
your system if you try to use xrandr for that purpose:
http://launchpad.net/bugs/47775

> I have 
> attached my xorg.conf file, orginally from http://mg.pov.lt/xorg.conf. 

It's nice to see my config file is useful ;)

> There are several dual-screen layouts in the xorg.conf file, but only 
> the MergedFBLayout worked for me. BTW my graphics card is ATI Radeon 
> Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500]. Also when using MergedFBLayout 
> you can switch to clone mode by using 'xrandr'.

*nod*

Marius Gedminas
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