Q: how to do 2 monitors, 1 desktop (jaunty 9.04, ati radeon, catalyst)

[Rei Shinozuka]

thanks.

when i pull up the Catalyst Control Center under "Display Manager," 
under "Multi-Display", there is a box
called "Display Configuration" with a pulldown option menu set to
"Single (Independent display)"  The only other choice is "unknown"
which renders identical desktops on both monitors.

when i enable "xinerama" there is only one window manager, but 
two X pointers.  when the pointer passes to the right of the 
left monitor, the pointer remains at the right edge, while 
control passes to a pointer on the right monitor.  windows can be
partially dragged from the left monitor to the right, and appears
properly rendered, however, cannot be dragged entirely to the
right monitor.  

i suspect some of this may be ATI or catalyst problems.  all of
my previous systems have been nvidia, which generally have worked
effortlessly out of the box.

maybe the open source driver works better for dual monitor setups?

thanks,

-rei

In-Reply-To: <1248634270.20904.3.camel at BEC-LIN>

On Jul26 13:51, Andrew Farris wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-07-26 at 15:55 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> > 2009/7/26 Rei Shinozuka <shino at panix.com>:
> > Then I got a newer PC with a dual-port nVidia GeForce 5600 and then
> > with the nVidia proprietary binary driver it's just a tick-box in
> > nvidia-settings.
> > 
> > I can't advise on ATI but I am sure Google can.
> > 
> 
> It's the same for ATI's proprietary driver configurator (Catalyst
> Control Center), When you run it, Click 'Display Manager' from the tree
> on the left, click the 'Multi-Display' tab on the right, a configuration
> from the dropdown box, then 'Apply'
> 
> 
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Rei Shinozuka shino at panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey


On Jul26 13:51, Andrew Farris wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-07-26 at 15:55 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> > 2009/7/26 Rei Shinozuka <shino at panix.com>:
> > Then I got a newer PC with a dual-port nVidia GeForce 5600 and then
> > with the nVidia proprietary binary driver it's just a tick-box in
> > nvidia-settings.
> > 
> > I can't advise on ATI but I am sure Google can.
> > 
> 
> It's the same for ATI's proprietary driver configurator (Catalyst
> Control Center), When you run it, Click 'Display Manager' from the tree
> on the left, click the 'Multi-Display' tab on the right, a configuration
> from the dropdown box, then 'Apply'
> 
> 
> -- 
> ubuntu-users mailing list
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users

-- 
Rei Shinozuka shino at panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey