Dual Monitor Display Help
Peter Boy
pboy at barkhof.uni-bremen.de
Thu Oct 9 21:18:38 UTC 2008
Am Dienstag, den 07.10.2008, 17:05 +0100 schrieb Dan Track:
> Hi
>
> I've got a ATI 3870 graphics card with two DVI connections. I've got
> one monitor running but how do I configure a second monitor?
You must manually configure /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Mine is (relevant parts only):
# xorg configuration
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "ATI dual head configuration"
Screen 0 "Default Screen" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Module"
.......
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Radeon"
Driver "radeon"
VendorName "ATI corp."
BoardName "ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AP [Radeon 9600]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
# Option "AGPFastWrite" "on"
# Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
Option "Monitor-DVI-0" "Panel-0"
Option "Monitor-DVI-1" "Panel-1"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Panel-1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "NEC MultiSync LCD1700NX (Digital)"
# Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
# HorizSync 31.0 - 68.0
# VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
# DisplaySize 340 270
Option "dpms"
# Option "LeftOf" "Panel-0"
# Option "Ignore" "true"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Panel-0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "NEC MultiSync LCD1700NX (Digital)"
# Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
# HorizSync 31.0 - 68.0
# VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
# DisplaySize 340 270
Option "dpms"
Option "RightOf" "Panel-1"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Radeon"
Monitor "Panel-1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
# big virtual screen to place the monitors
Virtual 2560 1024
# Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
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