Thanks for this post, I just bought my new monitor yesterday, and am excited to get the split screen/extended desktop going. I am running an ATI Radeon dual-head graphics card on Hardy, with 2, 19in. monitors (off my desktop).Before I follow the above instructions, I have questions. Here they are:
Code:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Monitor "lcddisp"
Device "Configured Video Device"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050" "1440x900"
Virtual 3120 1050
EndSubSection
EndSection
Are these numbers, which I have in red, good for everyone or do I need to use a specific pair for my machine?
Next, to RAOF, 'SubSection "Display" Virtual 3120 1050 EndSubSection... is really the only necessary part of these modifications.' does this mean that this is the only part of xorg.conf I need to change to get one elongated desktop/split screens? Not sure if that is what you meant.
Also, since I am running two similar monitors (VGA-0 and DVI-0) off a desktop, I want to know if in this section:
Code:
Option "monitor-VGA" "lcddisp"
Option "monitor-LVDS" "laptop"
should I be writing this instead?
Code:
Option "monitor-VGA" "lcddisp"
Option "monitor-DVI" "lcddisp"
Thank you for taking time to deal with my lack of understanding. I just want to make sure I get all the parts correct before I do it.
Peace