[PlanetCCRMA] Dual Monitors

Fernando Lopez-Lezcano nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU
Fri Nov 4 11:14:01 2005


On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 09:34 -0800, 7lb9oz Productions wrote:
> Hello all, I am new to CCRMA, and I have a question
> regarding my dual monitor settup.  I have 2 17 inch
> CRT monitors hooked up to an ATI Radeon 9200.  I came
> to CCRMA from Demudi, and must say that so far I am
> not looking back.  The only problem is that dual
> monitors is appearing to be a total hassle.  My
> xorg.conf, which I modeled after the beautifully
> working settup I had in Demudi is attached.  This is
> the one which I am currently using, and in Fedora Core
> 3 all it is giving me is 2 copies of the same monitor.
>  
> 
> Pleas advise, I know it has got to be just one or two
> little tweaks that need to be done, but I cant find
> the proper thing to tweak and make it work.

I have never done this, regretfully. Did you take a look at the radeon
driver manual page? It does have all the options available to the driver
for multiple screens and all that (I think). Do "man radeon" for
details. 

-- Fernando