wgwallace
2006-12-31, 04:03 AM CST
I have spent the last 3 days trying to get my dual monitors working on linux, first using Kubuntu and now Fedora Core 6. My problem is that the screens will happilly work in clone mode, but I want a multi-head mode set up.
My two monitors are (on the left) a 15" Diamond Digital LCD DV151J and (on the right) a 19" BenQ FP91G+, plugged into an ATi Radeon 9600xt (PCI).
Whilst using Kubuntu, I could download xorg-fglrx-driver, run "sudo aticonfig --initial=dual-head --screen-layout=horizontal" and I would get a multi-head setup the next time I booted. Unfortunately, everytime after that, the screenswould stretch out to one giant desktop across each screen at an 800x600 res (Bleh.) Even after disabling Composite in the xorg.conf file I would get the same problem (or the X server would die and I'd have to re-format and load the OS.
Downloading the driver package from the ATi site was pretty well fatal 9 times out of 10, so I gave up there.
Is there any help that anyone can offer? Attached is my xorg.conf file. Please email/MSN me at anytime if you can help!!
Thanks, and Happy New Years!
My two monitors are (on the left) a 15" Diamond Digital LCD DV151J and (on the right) a 19" BenQ FP91G+, plugged into an ATi Radeon 9600xt (PCI).
Whilst using Kubuntu, I could download xorg-fglrx-driver, run "sudo aticonfig --initial=dual-head --screen-layout=horizontal" and I would get a multi-head setup the next time I booted. Unfortunately, everytime after that, the screenswould stretch out to one giant desktop across each screen at an 800x600 res (Bleh.) Even after disabling Composite in the xorg.conf file I would get the same problem (or the X server would die and I'd have to re-format and load the OS.
Downloading the driver package from the ATi site was pretty well fatal 9 times out of 10, so I gave up there.
Is there any help that anyone can offer? Attached is my xorg.conf file. Please email/MSN me at anytime if you can help!!
Thanks, and Happy New Years!