Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:23:47 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mga dualhead was Re: ports/116851 Message-ID: <20071031222347.E58BF4500E@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:43:52 MDT." <20071025113211.C5898@wonkity.com>
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--==_Exmh_1193869427_69285P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline > Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:43:52 -0600 (MDT) > From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> > > On Wed, 24 Oct 2007, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > Can anyone provide a clue as to how to get both monitors configured? > > Studying the xorg.conf man page has not made anything obvious to me. > > I've experimented a bit more with my configuration. As I mentioned > earlier, you can assign monitors to outputs in the Device section. > What I found was that specifying HorizSync or VertRefresh in the Monitor > section caused problems. What works: > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > VendorName "PNR" > ModelName "Planar PE190" > Option "Position" "1024 0" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor1" > VendorName "Philips" > ModelName "Philips 150B3" > Option "Position" "0 0" > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "mga" > VendorName "Matrox Graphics, Inc." > BoardName "MGA G400/G450" > BusID "PCI:1:0:0" > Option "HWcursor" "off" > Option "AGPMode" "4" > Option "Monitor-VGA1" "Monitor0" > Option "Monitor-VGA2" "Monitor1" > EndSection > > This runs both monitors at their DDC-detected resolution. In my case, > that's 1280x1024 for Monitor0 and 1024x768 for Monitor1. If I tried to > explicitly set a Mode for Monitor1, it went to 640x480. > > 'Option "Position" is not used' is still in the log, although it also > shows the positions set for both monitors. > > -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA > Thanks, Warren. I finally have it all working. I used the following series of commands: % xrandr --addmode VGA2 1280x1024 % xrandr --output VGA2 --mode 1280x1024 % xrandr --output VGA1 --left-of VGA2 Now it is working exactly as I would expect and with the advantages of xrandr. -- 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 --==_Exmh_1193869427_69285P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFHKQBzkn3rs5h7N1ERAqyWAJ9WADtrZNbiQzKFrf7ryf3VjVM2zgCeK+8T Q+cI8S8Eiqgj69+neoH8Rno= =Gaxf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1193869427_69285P--
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