@JamesRobinson: Yes, your "ZaphodHeads" trick worked for my three-monitor set-up. I now have Xinerama working correctly across all three monitors. Here is the xorg.conf file:
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Ian" Screen "Screen Left" 0 0 Screen "Screen Middle" RightOf "Screen Left" Screen "Screen Right" RightOf "Screen Middle" Option "Xinerama" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen Left" Device "Device Left" # this isn't absolutely necessary but it helps window placement SubSection "Display" Virtual 1600 1200 EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen Middle" Device "Device Middle" # this isn't absolutely necessary but it helps window placement SubSection "Display" Virtual 1600 1200 EndSubSection EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen Right" Device "Device Right" # this isn't absolutely necessary but it helps window placement SubSection "Display" Virtual 1600 1200 EndSubSection EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Device Left" Driver "radeon" VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc" BoardName "FireMV 2250" BusID "PCI:4:0:0" Option "ZaphodHeads" "DVI-0" Screen 0 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Device Middle" Driver "radeon" VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc" BoardName "FireMV 2250" BusID "PCI:4:0:0" Option "ZaphodHeads" "DVI-1" Screen 1 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Device Right" Driver "nv" VendorName "nVidia Corporation" BoardName "G86 [GeForce 8300 GS]" BusID "PCI:5:0:0" Screen 0 EndSection -- wrong xinerama scroll/pan using two cards three monitors https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/591104 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp