[SATLUG] ATI dualhead config
Borries Demeler
demeler at biochem.uthscsa.edu
Sun Apr 6 20:42:22 CDT 2008
>
> Borries Demeler wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to get my ATI to work properly with a dual display. I can get the
> > Xinerama option to work fine with RightOf/LeftOf multihead layout, but I cannot
> > figure out how to get the clone option to work properly (where I can see the same desktop
> > on the laptop as on the second display).
>
> I don't know anything about ATI, but I would think that it would be in the
> Device section. For instance I have a nvidia card but have:
>
> 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 "TwinView" # [<bool>]
> #Option "TwinViewOrientation" # <str>
> #Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" # <str>
> #Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" # <str>
> Identifier "Card0"
> Driver "nvidia"
> VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
> BoardName "Unknown Board"
> EndSection
>
> I would start looking for documentation for the fglrx driver.
I looked through it and couldn't find a way to get rid of the virtual clone screen size.
That's why I am asking here...
-b.
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