ATI dual head problem

David Abrahams dave at boost-consulting.com
Thu Sep 7 15:39:33 UTC 2006


"Dimitri Mallis" <dimitri.mallis at gmail.com> writes:

> thanks, thats promising
>
> i tried
> aticonfig --enable-monitor=<monitor1>,<monitor2> --effective=now
>
> with Generic Monitor as <monitor1>
> & Default Monitor 2 as <monitor2>

Use 

  aticonfig --help

or 

  aticonfig --lsp

to get the correct monitor names.

> im not sure how to use "xrandr" but when you say change "Screen Resolution
> to
> spread the desktop across both monitors" do you mean this?
>
> LCD = 1280*1024 @ 70hz
> CRT = 1280*1024 @ 70hz
>
> so the combine size should be 2(1280*1024) = 2560*2048?

No, what I'm talking about doesn't change your xorg.conf.  Just try
what I said; "man xrandr" to learn how to use it and/or use "System >
Preferences > Screen Resolution" in gnome.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com





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