Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:16:55 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com> Cc: x11@freebsd.org, kde-freebsd@kde.org Subject: Re: Dual-head with ATI AIW X800 (R420 JK)/7.1-STABLE/Xorg 7.4 working Message-ID: <20090308021655.E19921CC0B@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:00:48 EST." <20090307210048.2e7f9544@sorrow.ashke.com>
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> Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 21:00:48 -0500 > From: Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com> > > On Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:50:16 -0800 > "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> wrote: > > > > Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 20:26:12 -0500 > > > From: Adam K Kirchhoff <adamk@voicenet.com> > > > > > > On Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:18:30 -0800 > > > "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 19:35:42 -0500 (EST) > > > > > From: "Michael L. Squires" <mikes@siralan.org> > > > > > Sender: owner-freebsd-x11@freebsd.org > > > > > > > > > > I'm in the process of rebuilding my home desktop to use FreeBSD 7.1-STABLE > > > > > and Xorg 7.4. Hardware is a Supermicro P6DC6+/ATI AIW X800 with two HP > > > > > P1110 monitors. > > > > > > > > > > I modified the xorg.conf generated by "Xorg -configure" to allow for a > > > > > 2560x1024 virtual screen with two 1280x1024 displays and used "xrandr" to > > > > > set one monitor to the right of the other, which worked fine. > > > > > > > > > > I'm using KDE4.2, with kdm started in /etc/ttys (thanks Robert) and with > > > > > both dbus and hal running. > > > > > > > > > > Version of Xorg 7.4 is the version available this morning (3/7/2009), > > > > > which is identified as "xorg-server-1.5.3_6,1" in /var/db/pkg. > > > > > > > > > > The only error I'm seeing is "Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" > > > > > missing on display ":0.0"." but this seems to have no effects. > > > > > > > > > > The same setup is working fine on my old notebook, a Toshiba 8100 which > > > > > drives one of the two P1110's through a Belkin KVM switch. > > > > > > > > First, I'd suggest using 'Option "Position" "1280 0"' in the Monitor > > > > section of the right monitor. (I'd also add "Position" "0 0" to the left > > > > monitor. It's just cleaner than xrandr since the monitor is correct from > > > > the start. > > > > > > You can use the "RightOf" option in the xorg.conf monitor sections, as > > > well, to set the position initially. > > > > Maybe, but when I switched from a xinerama config to an xrandr config, > > that stopped working for me. Maybe I needed something else to make it > > work. > > With Xinerama, "RightOf" was an option in the ServerLayout section. > With the inclusion of xrandr 1.2, it's an option in the monitor > section. > > This is a pretty good wiki for xrandr 1.2 and shows a number of > xorg.conf options and examples: > http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 Ahh. Thanks! Guess I need to spend some time reading newer man pages. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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