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Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 22:27:27 -0700
From: pete wright <nomadlogic@gmail.com>
To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
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Subject: Re: Dual monitors - right one doesn't work right away
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On 5/20/05, Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> wrote:
> I just installed 5.4 RELEASE, cvsup'd the ports and portupgraded everythi=
ng
> to current.  I'm using one ATI Radeon X300 card and two monitors with
> Xinerama.  When I first login, only the left screen displays its half of
> the desktop.  (I'm using gdm and gnome, but xdm with twm does the exact
> same thing.)
>=20
> After a while (30 minutes or more) the right monitor will begin displayin=
g
> its half of the desktop.
>=20
> I've been hunting through the logs and googling trying to figure out what
> the cause is, but so far I'm stumped.
>=20
> This is a copy of the most recent display log (but they all look about th=
e
> same.)
>=20

I'd post a copy of your xorg.conf file.  The info bellow states that
it can not detect the monitor, but with out the config we can't tell
if it's a problem with your setup or a hardware issue.

-pete

--=20
~~o0OO0o~~
Pete Wright
www.nycbug.org
NYC's *BSD User Group