malik martin wrote:
Hi,
I have a dual-head video card in my laptop. well i have 1 extra VGA
out on the back.
in windows, when i plug a monitor in, i get two different screens.
just like a dual monitor setup.
i cant seem to get this to work in debian. i've read
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Dual_Monitors
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum40/1603.htm
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=03/10/05/025207
but they dont seem to give me the info i need? or at least explain
what needs to be done to a newb.
please help??
Try to modify this section of my xorg.conf the "Identifier" is
irrelevant but you will need to change the "Driver" entries and the
"Monitor" and "Screen" sections to reflect your hardware.
Good luck
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Rad RV280 0"
Driver "ati"
# Primary
BusID "PCI:01:00:0"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Rad RV280 1"
Driver "ati"
# Secondary
BusID "PCI:01:00:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
# Option "DPMS" "true"
VendorName "Samsung"
ModelName "SyncMaster_172X"
HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
# Option "DPMS" "true"
VendorName "IQT"
ModelName "IQT0703"
HorizSync 31.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "ATI Rad RV280 0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "ATI Rad RV280 1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
Screen 1 "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
Option "Xinerama" "true"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
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