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  1. #1
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    Enabling Dual ATI HD3870

    I'm having a hard time enabling my 2nd ATI HD3870.
    Two monitors, each one is plugged into Port0 on separate video cards.


    xorg.conf is as follows
    Code:
    Section "Device"
    	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    	Driver      "fglrx"
    	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Device"
    	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[1]-0"
    	Driver      "fglrx"
    	BusID       "PCI:3:0:0"
    EndSection
    Code:
    Section "Monitor"
    	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
    	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
    EndSection
    
    Section "Monitor"
    	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[1]-0"
    	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
    EndSection
    Code:
    Section "Screen"
    	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
    	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
    	DefaultDepth     24
    	SubSection "Display"
    		Viewport   0 0
    		Depth     24
    	EndSubSection
    EndSection
    
    Section "Screen"
    	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-1"
    	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-1"
    	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-1"
    	DefaultDepth     24
    	SubSection "Display"
    		Viewport   0 0
    		Depth     24
    	EndSubSection
    EndSection
    
    Section "Screen"
    	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[1]-0"
    	Device     "aticonfig-Device[1]-0"
    	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[1]-0"
    	DefaultDepth     24
    	SubSection "Display"
    		Viewport   0 0
    		Depth     24
    	EndSubSection
    EndSection
    
    Section "Screen"
    	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[1]-1"
    	Device     "aticonfig-Device[1]-1"
    	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[1]-1"
    	DefaultDepth     24
    	SubSection "Display"
    		Viewport   0 0
    		Depth     24
    	EndSubSection
    EndSection


    aticonfig --lsa as follows
    Code:
    * 0. 01:00.0 ATI Radeon HD 3870
      1. 03:00.0 ATI Radeon HD 3870
    So obviously the drivers installed correctly and the computer recognizes that they are both there, however only one shows up in the Catalyst Control Center

    How do I go about enabling the 2nd card located at PCI BUS 03:00

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    Re: Enabling Dual ATI HD3870

    Hi and welcome, I do not have a ATI at the moment but can you detect them in the display configuration, use the command
    Code:
    gksu displayconfig-gtk
    Moved to Multimedia & Video

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    Re: Enabling Dual ATI HD3870

    Thanks for moving my post to the prober section.

    gksu displayconfig-gtk responds with this

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    Re: Enabling Dual ATI HD3870

    Bumping for help =\

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    Re: Enabling Dual ATI HD3870

    Bump again. This is the only thing keeping me from wiping my windows partition.

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    Re: Enabling Dual ATI HD3870

    Bump

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    Re: Enabling Dual ATI HD3870

    *sigh*

    Am I ever going to get to the bottom of this?

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