FIXED, working xorg.conf here
Opening post:
How can i be able to enable dynamically my second monitor and use Unity at the same time?
Summary system:
HP Compaq 8710p laptop, Nvidia Quadra 320M, Natty 64bit, with attached 2nd 19" monitor
Description steps taken this far:
By default ubuntu ships with the following xorg.conf conform the new minimalist trend:
Code:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Default Device"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection
I use the nvidia-current binary drivers.
In this configuration:
- Unity works
- Xrandr sees 1 screen (so no configuration of second screen possible)
- Standard monitor configuration tool in Ubuntu shows 1 screen
With http://willem.engen.nl/projects/disper/
my second monitor comes alive. My laptopscreen becomes dark (with moving mouse cursor). Unity / Ubuntu classic (no effects) go into scrambled mode. Mouse is moving, objects are not clickable.
Because the above (dynamic) steps did not work, i turned to the NVidia configuration UI:
- Twinview scrambles my screen like disper for Ubuntu classic (no effects). Unity did not show.
- 2 seperate screen resulted in application errors.
- With Xinerama unity does not show, but at least i can be productive at work
With Xinerama my xorg.conf is:
Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" RightOf "Screen1"
Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0
Option "Xinerama" "1"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
# Not working with Xinerama anyways.
Option "RandR" "on"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "LPL"
HorizSync 30.0 - 75.0
VertRefresh 60.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Acer AL1916W"
HorizSync 31.0 - 84.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "Quadro NVS 320M"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "Quadro NVS 320M"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Device1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
Option "metamodes" "DFP: 1680x1050 +0+0; DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
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