From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 22 04:27:25 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DAF616A41F for ; Sun, 22 May 2005 04:27:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from smtp1.utdallas.edu (smtp1.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5289143D1D for ; Sun, 22 May 2005 04:27:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from [192.168.2.101] (utdvpn084059.utdallas.edu [129.110.84.59]) by smtp1.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BBB8388DB2 for ; Sat, 21 May 2005 23:27:20 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 23:27:07 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <2147483647.1116718027@[192.168.2.101]> In-Reply-To: <57d7100005052022277e3d8f8c@mail.gmail.com> References: <67A6706070203A2B9F6FEF46@utd49554.utdallas.edu> <57d7100005052022277e3d8f8c@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.0.3 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: Dual monitors - right one doesn't work right away X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 04:27:26 -0000 --On Friday, May 20, 2005 10:27 PM -0700 pete wright wrote: > On 5/20/05, Paul Schmehl wrote: >> I just installed 5.4 RELEASE, cvsup'd the ports and portupgraded >> everything 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.) >> >> After a while (30 minutes or more) the right monitor will begin >> displaying its half of the desktop. >> >> I've been hunting through the logs and googling trying to figure out what >> the cause is, but so far I'm stumped. >> >> This is a copy of the most recent display log (but they all look about >> the same.) >> > > 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. > I've already posted a copy of my xorg.conf file. I've since discovered that the display works fine if I login using a standard user account. The problem with the right monitor only occurs if I login as root. (I've been logging in as root while setting up the box.) When logged in as root, the screensaver daemon won't start unless I first type "xhost +localhost", and as soon as I try to start the screensaver, the right monitor display "turns on". The screen lock doesn't work either. (All of this works fine if I'm logged in as a user.) Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/