On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:33:54PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Rob Owens wrote: > > Actually, I now need to figure out how to make the two screens act as > > one. Currently, I can open applications on either screen but I can't, > > for instance, drag an application from one screen to the other. I'm not > > sure if I can do that with separate video cards, though. > > In Squeeze the support for dual monitors changed. It is no longer in > the configuration file, although it can be optionally placed there. > Now multiple monitor a userland operation using the xrandr interface. > This is nice actually and allows useful scripted configurations. Use > the 'xrandr --query' to print attached device information and then use > the device information to specify where the monitors are placed in the > larger logical screen. > > I have the following in my init files. I will avoid mentioning the > file I am using because I doubt you are launching the same way and it > would just cause confusion. But this is how I turn on dual monitor > support these days. > > if xrandr --query | grep -q HDMI2; then > xrandr --auto --output HDMI2 --right-of HDMI1 > fi > Bob, have you tried this with two separate video cards? I tried this (with no xorg.conf) and it only sees my onboard video card when I run xrandr --query.
If I create xorg.conf and get both monitors working, xrandr --query only sees the monitor that I'm currently using (the monitor that the xterm is displayed on, in which I'm running the xrandr command). Thanks for the help so far. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120428010352.gb4...@aurora.owens.net
