dual monitor

Thu Apr 14 18:37:19 UTC 2011

does it come up mirrored? if so, switch to seperate, and put the external
underneath the primary.

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:35 AM, ~D <schoappied at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 04/12/2011 08:45 PM, Jared Greenwald wrote:
>
>> I have an on-board Radeon HD 4200.  I'm using the opensource radeon
>> driver dual head on VGA/HDMI.  I tried using the ATI binary driver and
>> couldn't get it to work.  Also, when you first boot up the system
>> after install it comes up in mirrored mode (where both screens show
>> the same output).  Just go in an open the Monitor Preferences app
>> under the System->Preferences->Monitor and you should be able to setup
>> the screen outputs.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> -Jared
>>
>>
> Thanks, no success here yet. Here is the output of xrandr -q
>
>
>
> xrandr -q
> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 2560 x 1024
> DisplayPort-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> DVI-0 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> 338mm x 270mm
>   1280x1024      60.0 +   75.0*
>   1280x960       60.0
>   1152x864       75.0     70.0
>   1024x768       75.0     70.1     60.0
>   832x624        74.6
>   800x600        72.2     75.0     60.3     56.2
>   640x480        75.0     72.8     66.7     59.9
>   720x400        70.1
> VGA-0 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> 338mm x 270mm
>   1280x1024      60.0*+   75.0
>   1280x960       60.0
>   1152x864       75.0     70.0
>   1024x768       75.0     70.1     60.0
>   832x624        74.6
>   800x600        72.2     75.0     60.3     56.2
>   640x480        75.0     72.8     66.7     59.9
>   720x400        70.1
>
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>  On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 2:36 PM, ~D<schoappied at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On 04/11/2011 11:02 AM, ~D wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Ubuntu 10.04.2
>>> Videocard: Radeon HD 5000 series ATI
>>> CPU, i7 with integrated GPU
>>>
>>> How do I get my dual monitor working? I like to use the videocard and not
>>> the integrated GPU. Which driver do I need and is it possible to use the
>>> open source driver?
>>>
>>> Tell me if you need more info:
>>>
>>> Anyone please?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> ~D
>>>
>>> 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Device
>>> [1002:68f9]
>>> 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Device
>>> [1002:68f9]
>>>
>>>   *-display UNCLAIMED
>>>        description: VGA compatible controller
>>>        product: ATI Technologies Inc
>>>        vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
>>>        physical id: 0
>>>        bus info: pci at 0000:02:00.0
>>>        version: 00
>>>        width: 64 bits
>>>        clock: 33MHz
>>>        capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list
>>>        configuration: latency=0
>>>        resources: memory:d0000000-dfffffff(prefetchable)
>>> memory:fbac0000-fbadffff ioport:ee00(size=256)
>>> memory:fba00000-fba1ffff(prefetchable)
>>>   *-display UNCLAIMED
>>>        description: VGA compatible controller
>>>        product: ATI Technologies Inc
>>>        vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
>>>        physical id: 0
>>>        bus info: pci at 0000:03:00.0
>>>        version: 00
>>>        width: 64 bits
>>>        clock: 33MHz
>>>        capabilities: pm pciexpress msi cap_list
>>>        configuration: latency=0
>>>        resources: memory:e0000000-efffffff(prefetchable)
>>> memory:fb9c0000-fb9dffff ioport:be00(size=256)
>>> memory:fb900000-fb91ffff(prefetchable)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> ~D
>>>
>>>
>>> 02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 68f9
>>>     Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device e153
>>>     Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
>>>     Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
>>>     Memory at fbac0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
>>>     I/O ports at ee00 [size=256]
>>>     [virtual] Expansion ROM at fba00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>>>     Capabilities:<access denied>
>>>
>>> 02:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan HDMI Audio [Mobility
>>> Radeon HD 5000 Series]
>>>     Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device aa68
>>>     Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 33
>>>     Memory at fbafc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
>>>     Capabilities:<access denied>
>>>     Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
>>>     Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
>>>
>>> 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 68f9
>>>     Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device e153
>>>     Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 10
>>>     Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [disabled] [size=256M]
>>>     Memory at fb9c0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=128K]
>>>     I/O ports at be00 [disabled] [size=256]
>>>     [virtual] Expansion ROM at fb900000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>>>     Capabilities:<access denied>
>>>
>>> 03:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan HDMI Audio [Mobility
>>> Radeon HD 5000 Series]
>>>     Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device aa68
>>>     Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 34
>>>     Memory at fb9fc000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
>>>     Capabilities:<access denied>
>>>     Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
>>>     Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
>>>
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