[SATLUG] Dual Monitors with FC6

Thomas Cameron thomas.cameron at camerontech.com
Sat Jun 2 00:25:08 CDT 2007


Sorry about my late entry into this thread.

I am writing this on an FC6 box with two PCI ATI video cards and two new 
19" LCD flatscreens.  I am not using the ATI drive, just the native 
Linux one.  No 3D but I am a productivity type, so I don't really give a 
rat's ass about that.

The way I got it to work was to run:

X -configure

as root.  It created perfect config file in /root/xorg.conf.new.  All I 
did was manually set the modes to 1280x1024 instead of the 1440x900 it 
wanted to do and overwrite /etc/X11/corg.conf with it.  It looks phenomenal.

I've attached my xorg.conf in case you want to see it.

Thomas
-------------- next part --------------
Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	Option        "Xinerama" "true"
	Option        "Clone" "off"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
	FontPath     "unix/:7100"
	FontPath     "built-ins"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "xtrap"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "vnc"
#	Load  "dri"
	Load  "dbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	#DisplaySize	  410   260	# mm
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "VSC"
	ModelName    "VX1935wm"
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
	HorizSync    30.0 - 82.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 85.0
	Option	    "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	#DisplaySize	  410   260	# mm
	Identifier   "Monitor1"
	VendorName   "VSC"
	ModelName    "VX1935wm"
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
	HorizSync    30.0 - 82.0
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 85.0
	Option	    "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac8Bit"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "BusType"            	# [<str>]
        #Option     "CPPIOMode"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "CPusecTimeout"      	# <i>
        #Option     "AGPMode"            	# <i>
        #Option     "AGPFastWrite"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "AGPSize"            	# <i>
        #Option     "GARTSize"           	# <i>
        #Option     "RingSize"           	# <i>
        #Option     "BufferSize"         	# <i>
        #Option     "EnableDepthMoves"   	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "EnablePageFlip"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoBackBuffer"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DMAForXv"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "FBTexPercent"       	# <i>
        #Option     "DepthBits"          	# <i>
        #Option     "AccelDFS"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "PanelOff"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DDCMode"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "MonitorLayout"      	# [<str>]
        #Option     "IgnoreEDID"         	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "UseFBDev"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "MergedFB"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "CRT2HSync"          	# [<str>]
        #Option     "CRT2VRefresh"       	# [<str>]
        #Option     "CRT2Position"       	# [<str>]
        #Option     "MetaModes"          	# [<str>]
        #Option     "MergedDPI"          	# [<str>]
        #Option     "MergedXinerama"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "MergedXineramaCRT2IsScreen0" 	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "MergedNonRectangular" 	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "MergedMouseRestriction" 	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DisplayPriority"    	# [<str>]
        #Option     "PanelSize"          	# [<str>]
        #Option     "ForceMinDotClock"   	# <freq>
        #Option     "ColorTiling"        	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCrystal" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreTunerPort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCompositePort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreSVideoPort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "TunerType"          	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocPath" 	# <str>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocType" 	# <str>
        #Option     "RenderAccel"        	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SubPixelOrder"      	# [<str>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DynamicClocks"      	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "BIOSHotkeys"        	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "VGAAccess"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ReverseDDC"         	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "LVDSProbePLL"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "AccelMethod"        	# <str>
        #Option     "ConstantDPI"        	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "ati"
	VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
	BoardName   "Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]"
	BusID       "PCI:6:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac8Bit"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "BusType"            	# [<str>]
        #Option     "CPPIOMode"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "CPusecTimeout"      	# <i>
        #Option     "AGPMode"            	# <i>
        #Option     "AGPFastWrite"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "AGPSize"            	# <i>
        #Option     "GARTSize"           	# <i>
        #Option     "RingSize"           	# <i>
        #Option     "BufferSize"         	# <i>
        #Option     "EnableDepthMoves"   	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "EnablePageFlip"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoBackBuffer"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DMAForXv"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "FBTexPercent"       	# <i>
        #Option     "DepthBits"          	# <i>
        #Option     "AccelDFS"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "PanelOff"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DDCMode"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "MonitorLayout"      	# [<str>]
        #Option     "IgnoreEDID"         	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "UseFBDev"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "MergedFB"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "CRT2HSync"          	# [<str>]
        #Option     "CRT2VRefresh"       	# [<str>]
        #Option     "CRT2Position"       	# [<str>]
        #Option     "MetaModes"          	# [<str>]
        #Option     "MergedDPI"          	# [<str>]
        #Option     "MergedXinerama"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "MergedXineramaCRT2IsScreen0" 	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "MergedNonRectangular" 	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "MergedMouseRestriction" 	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DisplayPriority"    	# [<str>]
        #Option     "PanelSize"          	# [<str>]
        #Option     "ForceMinDotClock"   	# <freq>
        #Option     "ColorTiling"        	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCrystal" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreTunerPort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCompositePort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreSVideoPort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "TunerType"          	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocPath" 	# <str>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocType" 	# <str>
        #Option     "RenderAccel"        	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SubPixelOrder"      	# [<str>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DynamicClocks"      	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "BIOSHotkeys"        	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "VGAAccess"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ReverseDDC"         	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "LVDSProbePLL"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "AccelMethod"        	# <str>
        #Option     "ConstantDPI"        	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card1"
	Driver      "ati"
	VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
	BoardName   "Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]"
	BusID       "PCI:6:1:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes "1280x1024"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen1"
	Device     "Card1"
	Monitor    "Monitor1"
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes "1280x1024"
	EndSubSection
EndSection



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