Where is my xorg.conf file supposed to be? I searched my entire drive for one and could not find it, only a reference to xorg.conf.4, which was documentation for the manual.
I am using an ATI video card, and someone suggested that may be the issue (not Intel or Nvidia). Best regards, Rick C. Hodgin On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Jim Klimov <jimkli...@cos.ru> wrote: > 8 сентября 2015 г. 19:07:32 CEST, "Rick C. Hodgin" < > rick.c.hod...@gmail.com> пишет: > >That should read "in OpenIndiana" and not "in OpenSolaris"... my > >mistake. > >:-) > > > >Best regards, > >Rick C. Hodgin > > > > > >On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Rick C. Hodgin > ><rick.c.hod...@gmail.com> > >wrote: > > > >> I have a Gigabyte motherboard with an integrated ATI Radeon GPU. It > >works > >> properly in OpenSolaris. However, I have two monitors. If I mirror > >them > >> the screen displays on both. If I try to set them separately, I get > >the > >> error "required virtual size dose not fit available size". It shows > >me > >> 1920,1920 for the maximum virtual size, and it needs 3600x1200. > >> > >> What can I do to correct this? I searched online and found several > >Linux > >> solutions. They say add the virtual size line to /etc/X11/xorg.conf. > > I > >> tried that, rebooted, and X wouldn't start. I removed xorg.conf and > >> rebooted and I'm back to where I started. > >> > >> TYIA! > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Rick C. Hodgin > >> > >> > >_______________________________________________ > >openindiana-discuss mailing list > >openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > >http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > I think in your xorg.conf you should have several Display and Monitor > clauses, and some clause to combine them intona large canvas. > > Something similar works for me in OI Hipster running as a VirtualBox guest > under Windows - there I have variably one or two displays (laptop + > ext.mon. at work), and OI with VBox switch it around quite well. There are > quirks, e.g. I can't get it to remember which display is left and which is > right, especially as I switch the VM from two fullscreens into a seamless > mode. But the engine mostly works and is useful anyhow ;) > > However, I did not dig deep into xorg files and used the Screen Resolution > wizard instead. > > BTW, does your Radeon work as such, or as a VESA VGA (like my APU = > CPU+GPU chip on another laptop)? Does standby work for you? :-) > > Jim > -- > Typos courtesy of K-9 Mail on my Samsung Android > _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
