bluelamp999
April 28th, 2008, 05:19 PM
Hello Friends,
As of 8.04 I've made the jump and moved from Windows (apart from some work-related XP VMs in VirtualBox).
My problem (as with 7.10 before) is getting my dual monitor setup working correctly.
My system is a Dell Latitude D810 (native resolution 1920 x1200) with an ATI Mobility Radeon X300 graphics adapter, my external monitor is a Dell 1906FP (native resolution 1280 x 1024).
What I want to do is have both displays running in 'big desktop' mode (i.e. able to drag stuff from one monitor to the other) with each display keeping its' native resolution.
The proprietary fglrx driver is installed and shows up as 'enabled' and 'In use' in the Hardware Drivers applet.
In the Visual Effects tab of the Appearance Preferences applet, the 'Extra' option is selected and I have all the effects (wobbly windows, transparency, etc.).
In the Monitor Resolution Settings applet the Clone Screens checkbox is ticked and the output is shown as 'Cloned Output', any attempt to apply different settings doesn't seem to stick.
I've downloaded the ATI Catalyst Control Centre and whilst it correctly identifies both monitor types, graphics adapter etc., any attempts to set up 'big desktop' either result in garbage on the attached monitor or crazy resolution changes. In short, it's not working for me...
I realise I'll probably have to manually edit my xorg.conf but I'm hoping that the community will have come across this issue before and be able to put me right.
I REALLY want to make the move to Linux (specifically Ubuntu) and any help would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks
Mike
Here's my existing xorg.conf...
# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "ie"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Defaultdepth 24
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
screen "Default Screen"
Inputdevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection
As of 8.04 I've made the jump and moved from Windows (apart from some work-related XP VMs in VirtualBox).
My problem (as with 7.10 before) is getting my dual monitor setup working correctly.
My system is a Dell Latitude D810 (native resolution 1920 x1200) with an ATI Mobility Radeon X300 graphics adapter, my external monitor is a Dell 1906FP (native resolution 1280 x 1024).
What I want to do is have both displays running in 'big desktop' mode (i.e. able to drag stuff from one monitor to the other) with each display keeping its' native resolution.
The proprietary fglrx driver is installed and shows up as 'enabled' and 'In use' in the Hardware Drivers applet.
In the Visual Effects tab of the Appearance Preferences applet, the 'Extra' option is selected and I have all the effects (wobbly windows, transparency, etc.).
In the Monitor Resolution Settings applet the Clone Screens checkbox is ticked and the output is shown as 'Cloned Output', any attempt to apply different settings doesn't seem to stick.
I've downloaded the ATI Catalyst Control Centre and whilst it correctly identifies both monitor types, graphics adapter etc., any attempts to set up 'big desktop' either result in garbage on the attached monitor or crazy resolution changes. In short, it's not working for me...
I realise I'll probably have to manually edit my xorg.conf but I'm hoping that the community will have come across this issue before and be able to put me right.
I REALLY want to make the move to Linux (specifically Ubuntu) and any help would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks
Mike
Here's my existing xorg.conf...
# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "ie"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Defaultdepth 24
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
screen "Default Screen"
Inputdevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection