Re: Mixed dual-monitor setup: too weird?
Kevin Mark wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 11, 2006 at 02:06:54PM -0500, Kent West wrote:
>
>> Reid Priedhorsky wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> I'm contemplating a dual-monitor setup consisting of a 1280x1024 LCD and a
>>> 1024x768 LCD. There's a couple of sources of oddity here: the difference
>>> in resolution and the different display technologies.
>>>
>>> Has anyone tried a setup like this? Is it OK, or too weird to use?
>>>
>>>
>> I'm currently running on a 17" CRT and a 15" CRT; one hanging off the
>> integrated AGP device and the other hanging off a PCI card; one running
>> at 1152x864, the other running at 800x600.
>>
>> Not what I'd prefer, but it works just fine.
>>
>
> Hi Kent,
> I'd love to see your x info and conf files. I tried a few times but got
> only 1 card to work and the other did nothing. TIA!
> Kev
>
# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 X Window System server configuration file)
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# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/CID"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/gpmdata"
Option "Protocol" "IntelliMouse"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Diamond Stealth 64 S3"
Driver "s3virge"
BusID "PCI:0:9:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Compudata"
HorizSync 28-49
VertRefresh 43-72
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Right Screen"
Device "Diamond Stealth 64 S3"
Monitor "CompuData"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Rage 128"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:01:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "VX720"
HorizSync 30-92
VertRefresh 50-85
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Left Screen"
Device "ATI Rage 128"
Monitor "VX720"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Two-Headed Beastie"
Screen "Left Screen" Leftof "Right Screen"
# Screen "Left Screen"
Screen "Right Screen"
Option "Xinerama"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
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