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From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>
To: gentoo-desktop@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-desktop] MacBook Intel GMA950 w/ Dell 2407WFP monitor - display problems
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:06:33
Message-Id: 20071203060343.GT11249@supernova
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-desktop] MacBook Intel GMA950 w/ Dell 2407WFP monitor - display problems by Joe
1 On 23:58 Sat 01 Dec , Joe wrote:
2 >
3 > On 1-Dec-07, at 10:44 PM, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
4 >
5 >> With the new randr-1.2 that's in all of the 2.x intel drivers, multiple
6 >> monitors are handled a bit differently. You just have a single device
7 >> section that refers to both of them. Take a look at
8 >> http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/dualhead.html for details.
9 >
10 > Thank you so much for your help. However, I'm slow at this. Sorry. :-(
11 > Here's my updated xorg.conf file:
12 >
13 > Section "Device"
14 > Identifier "Intel 945G "
15 > Driver "intel"
16 >
17 > Option "monitor-LVDS" "Builtin"
18 > Option "monitor-TMDS-1" "External Monitor"
19 >
20 > EndSection
21 >
22 > Section "Monitor"
23 > Identifier "Builtin"
24 > Option "PreferredMode" "1280x800"
25 > EndSection
26 >
27 > Section "Monitor"
28 > Identifier "External Monitor"
29 > VendorName "DEL"
30 > ModelName "DELL 2407WFP"
31 >
32 > Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1200"
33 > Option "ReducedBlanking"
34 > EndSection
35
36 This part looks mostly good, except you haven't set the relative
37 relationships of the two screens (left, right, etc). That belongs in the
38 monitor sections now, according to the link I posted last time.
39
40 > Section "Screen"
41 >
42 > Identifier "Default Screen"
43 > Device "Intel 945G"
44 > Monitor "Builtin"
45 >
46 > DefaultDepth 24
47 >
48 > SubSection "Display"
49 > Depth 24
50 > Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "640x480"
51 > Virtual 2048 2048
52 > EndSubSection
53 >
54 > EndSection
55 >
56 > Section "Screen"
57 >
58 > Identifier "External Screen"
59 > Device "Intel 945G"
60 > Monitor "External Monitor"
61 >
62 > DefaultDepth 24
63 >
64 > SubSection "Display"
65 > Depth 24
66 > Modes "1920x1200" "1600x1200" "1680x1050"
67 > "1024x768" "640x480"
68 > Virtual 2048 2048
69 > EndSubSection
70 >
71 > EndSection
72 >
73 > Section "ServerLayout"
74 > Identifier "Dual Layout"
75 > Screen 0 "Default Screen"
76 > Screen 1 "External Screen" Above "Built-in Screen"
77 >
78 > Option "Clone" "On"
79 > #Option "Xinerama" "On"
80 >
81 > InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
82 > InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
83 > EndSection
84
85 You've still got a mixed combination of old and new setups. You should
86 only have one screen section, and your serverlayout section should not
87 have two screens or anything related to dual screens in it (clone
88 option). After making that change, I suppose you'll need to list all the
89 modes you care about for either monitor in the single screen section.
90
91 Thanks,
92 Donnie
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