<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I first tried setting the dual head flag with the screen wizard at startup but it choked and wouldn't do it.<br><br>I also tried setting the max virtual size to 2048 2048, and a bunch of other tricks.<br><br>Sometimes X would produce strange results but mostly it crashed at startup.<br><br>What script?<br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 8/4/09, Fabrizio Parrella <i><fabrizio@bibivu.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Fabrizio Parrella <fabrizio@bibivu.com><br>Subject: Re: [PC-BSD Testing] Dual monitor mode not working<br>To: "PC-BSD Testing list" <testing@lists.pcbsd.org><br>Cc: "PC-BSD Testing list" <testing@lists.pcbsd.org><br>Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 7:48 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1655507015"><div>If u use only 1024x768 on both monitors, set the
virtual space to be (1024x2) x 768. : 2048x768</div><div><br></div><div>I would then restart. My way to use dual monitor with my laptop was to let PCBSD create the config file, I added the virtual size , the I run a script at start up that sets my two monitors only if both are attached.</div><div><br></div><div>Fabry<br><br>My iPhone helped me send this email from around the world!!</div><div><br>On Aug 3, 2009, at 23:05, Jeff <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:dejamuse@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=dejamuse@yahoo.com">dejamuse@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; -x-system-font: none;" valign="top">Well, I tried lots of things but nothing
worked. X crashes at start.<br><br>Here's one xorg.conf that I tried:<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br># Xorg.conf file generated for PC-BSD<br><br>Section "ServerLayout"<br> Identifier "Multihead layout"<br> Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0<br> Screen 1 "Screen1" Rightof "Screen0"<br> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"<br> InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"<br> Option "Clone" "off"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "ServerFlags"<br> Option "AutoAddDevices"
"False"<br> Option "AllowEmptyInput" "Off"<br> Option "Xinerama" "On"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Files"<br> ModulePath "/usr/PCBSD/local/lib/xorg/modules"<br> FontPath "/Programs/fonts/"<br> FontPath "/usr/PCBSD/local/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/"<br> FontPath "/usr/PCBSD/local/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType/"<br> FontPath "/usr/PCBSD/local/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/"<br> FontPath "/usr/PCBSD/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"<br> FontPath "/usr/PCBSD/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"<br>
FontPath "/usr/PCBSD/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"<br> FontPath "/usr/PCBSD/local/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"<br> FontPath "/usr/PCBSD/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"<br> FontPath "/usr/PCBSD/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"<br> FontPath "/usr/PCBSD/local/lib/X11/fonts/dejavu/"<br> FontPath "/usr/PCBSD/local/lib/X11/fonts/local/"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Module"<br> Load "ddc"<br> Load "dbe"<br> Load "dri"<br>
Load "extmod"<br> Load "glx"<br> Load "xtrap"<br> Load "freetype"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "InputDevice"<br> Identifier "Keyboard0"<br> Driver "keyboard"<br> Option "XkbModel" "pc105"<br> Option "XkbLayout" "us"<br> Option "XkbVariant" ""<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "InputDevice"<br> Identifier "Mouse0"<br>
Driver "mouse"<br> Option "Protocol" "auto"<br> Option "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"<br> Option "Buttons" "6"<br> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"<br> Option "Emulate3Buttons"<br>EndSection<br><br><br>Section "Monitor"<br> Identifier "Monitor0"<br> VendorName "ACR"<br> ModelName "AL1716"<br> HorizSync 31.0 - 81.0<br> VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0<br><br>SubSection
"Display"<br> Depth 24<br> Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"<br> # ADD A VIRTUAL LINE TO PROVIDE FOR THE LARGEST SCREENS YOU WILL HOTPLUG <br> Virtual 2048 2048 <br> EndSubSection<br><br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Monitor"<br> Identifier "Monitor1"<br> VendorName "ACR"<br> ModelName "AL1716"<br> HorizSync 31.0 - 81.0<br>
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0<br>EndSection<br><br><br>Section "Device"<br> Identifier "Card0"<br> Screen 0<br> Driver "ati"<br> VendorName "ATI Video Driver"<br> Option "CPPIOMode" "yes" <br> BusID "PCI:2:0:0"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Device"<br> Identifier "Card1"<br> Screen 1<br> Driver "ati"<br> VendorName "ATI Video Driver"<br>
Option "CPPIOMode" "yes" <br> BusID "PCI:2:0:0"<br>EndSection<br><br><br>Section "Screen"<br> Identifier "Screen0"<br> Device "Card0"<br> Monitor "Monitor0"<br> DefaultDepth 24<br> SubSection "Display"<br> Depth 24 <br> Modes "1024x768"<br> EndSubSection<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Screen"<br> Identifier "Screen1"<br> Device "Card1"<br>
Monitor "Monitor1"<br> DefaultDepth 24<br> SubSection "Display"<br> Depth 24 <br> Modes "1024x768"<br> EndSubSection<br>EndSection<br>==============================<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 7/30/09, Kris Moore <i><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:kris@pcbsd.org" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=kris@pcbsd.org">kris@pcbsd.org</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Kris Moore <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:kris@pcbsd.org" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=kris@pcbsd.org">kris@pcbsd.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: [PC-BSD Testing] Dual monitor mode not working<br>To: "PC-BSD
Testing list" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:testing@lists.pcbsd.org" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=testing@lists.pcbsd.org">testing@lists.pcbsd.org</a>><br>Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 9:04 AM<br><br><div class="plainMail"><br>Jeff,<br><br>The dual-monitor stuff in the wizard really only works with nvidia for now. I need to
get<br>a new card to test ATI out with, and figure out how the heck it works :P<br><br>Basically, you'll need to setup xorg correctly, before trying anything within KDE. Take a look here at<br>the first section, specifically the xorg configuration:<br><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/X.Org/Dual_Monitors/ATI"></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/X.Org/Dual_Monitors/ATI">http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/X.Org/Dual_Monitors/ATI</a><br><br>I'm guessing you'll need something like this setup: (Make sure you get BusID set right)<br><br><br>Section "ServerFlags"<br> Option "Xinerama" "On" EndSection<br><br>Section "Module"<br> Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension<br> Load "v4l" # Video for Linux<br> Load "extmod"<br> Load "type1"<br> Load "freetype"<br> Load "glx"<br> Load "dri"
EndSection<br><br>... Section "Device"<br> Identifier "device0"<br> VendorName
"ATI"<br> BoardName "ATI Radeon"<br> Driver "radeon"<br> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"<br> Screen 0 EndSection<br><br>Section "Device"<br> Identifier "device1"<br> BoardName "ATI Radeon"<br> Driver "radeon"<br> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"<br> Screen 1<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Monitor"<br> Identifier "monitor0"<br> Option "DPMS"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Monitor"<br> Identifier "monitor1"<br> Option "DPMS"<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Screen"<br> Identifier "Screen0"<br> Device "device0"<br> Monitor "monitor0"<br> DefaultColorDepth 24<br> Subsection "Display"<br> Depth 24<br> Virtual 1280 1024<br> Modes "1280x1024"<br>
EndSubsection<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "Screen"<br> Identifier "Screen1"<br> Device "device1"<br> Monitor "monitor1"<br> DefaultColorDepth 24<br> Subsection "Display"<br> Depth 24<br> Virtual 1280 1024<br> Modes "1280x1024"<br> EndSubsection<br>EndSection<br><br>Section "ServerLayout"<br> Identifier "Multihead layout"<br> InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"<br> InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"<br> Screen "Screen0" 0 0<br> Screen "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"<br>EndSection<br><br><br>If you can modify this and get a true dual-head working, send me your valid xorg conf, so I can figure out how to get the display wizard to generate it for you :)<br><br>--<br>Kris Moore<br>PC-BSD Software<br><br>On Wed, 29
Jul 2009, Jeff wrote:<br><br>> Ok, well the VESA driver sucked - scrolling was really slow in FF3. Switched back to the ATI driver and fixed that; then<br>> the 2nd monitor lit up, AND the monitor utility was now working - not sure what I was doing wrong before.<br>> <br>> But both monitors are still cloned. Reading the KDE handbook, it says there's supposed to be a button to split the<br>> monitors or clone them, but it's not there.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> --- On Wed, 7/29/09, Jeff <<a rel="nofollow"></a><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:dejamuse@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=dejamuse@yahoo.com">dejamuse@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>> <br>> From: Jeff <<a rel="nofollow"></a><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:dejamuse@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=dejamuse@yahoo.com">dejamuse@yahoo.com</a>><br>> Subject:
[PC-BSD Testing] Dual monitor mode not working<br>> To: <a rel="nofollow"></a><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:testing@lists.pcbsd.org" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=testing@lists.pcbsd.org">testing@lists.pcbsd.org</a><br>> Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 4:33 PM<br>> <br>> I have a dual DVI video card (XFX HD-4850) ATI HD4850 and wanted to set up dual monitors. <br>> <br>> First I selected "re-run the X setup display wizard" (amd64 system) but it displays a black screen with cursor<br>> and nothing happens. Have to power down the machine to get out and suffer the long delay of HD checking.<br>> <br>> I tried configuring with the ATI, HDRadeon, and VESA drivers and only the VESA driver allows the 2nd monitor<br>>
to come on but it just clones the other display. There doesn't seem to be any utility for managing the
two<br>> monitors. Something was mentioned about xrandr. Krandr says my X server does not support that utility.<br>> <br>> Here's a thread on the same subject where the guy ended up submitting a KDE bug report. He managed to get<br>> dual monitors working by manually editing the xorg.conf file. Running:<br>> <br>> # xrandr -q<br>> <br>> Results in:<br>> <br>> Xlib: extension "RANDR" missing on display ":0.0".<br>> RandR extension missing<br>> <br>> My xorg.conf shows two monitors but both have the same monitor brand and I have two different monitors. Is<br>> KDE/PCBSD supposed to recognize the two different
monitors and set them up separately?<br>> <br>> What I want is to have one program, say OpenOffice on one monitor, and FF3 on another. Is that possible?<br>> <br>> ...Jeff<br>> <br>> <br>> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Testing mailing list<br>> <a rel="nofollow"></a><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:Testing@lists.pcbsd.org" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=Testing@lists.pcbsd.org">Testing@lists.pcbsd.org</a><br>> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://lists.pcbsd.org/mailman/listinfo/testing"></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://lists.pcbsd.org/mailman/listinfo/testing">http://lists.pcbsd.org/mailman/listinfo/testing</a><br>> <br>> <br>> !DSPAM:1,4a70df6015166305310327!<br>> �</div><br>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br><br><div
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