FreeBSD 7 and 2 monitors

Neal Hogan nealhogan at gmail.com
Wed Apr 1 07:54:24 PDT 2009


On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:56 PM, User Wblock <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 31 Mar 2009, M. Vale wrote:
>
>  Hi, I have 2 monitors (20" Asus) with a Radeon X1600/X1650 PRO configure
>> with xrand and everything works ok.
>>
>> The resolution I'm using right now is 3360x1050.
>>
>> Now I've a brand new Asus 24 (MK241H), and  I can use this monitor with
>> the
>> other asus.
>>
>> My configuration now is 1 monitor 24" Asus and another one 20", but xrand
>> cant use this to make one desktop :(
>>
>
> Please post specifics.
>
>  Do you have any solutions or recomendations in how to put this 2 monitors
>> working.
>>
>
> Use xorg.conf instead of xrandr?
>
>
Curious . . .

Are there are any benefits to using just the xorg.conf, besides the dual
head set-up being initiated automatically when X starts? What happens, for
example, when one of your monitors is a laptop's monitor and you start X
without connected to the other monitor (say, I'm at Starbuck's)?

Thanks!



>
>
>  one monitor max resolution is 1920 x 1200 (24) and the other Asus 1680 x
>> 1050 (20).
>>
>
> I have a 1920x1200 and 1024x768 dual monitors with an X1650 right here.
> Here's the xorg.conf:
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>        Identifier   "X.org Configured"
>        Screen       0  "Screen0" 0 0
>        Option       "Blank Time" "0"
>        Option       "Standby Time" "0"
>        Option       "Suspend Time" "0"
>        Option       "Off Time" "0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
>        ModulePath   "/usr/local/lib/xorg/modules"
>        FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
>        FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
>        FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/OTF"
>        FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
>        FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
>        FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
>        FontPath     "/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/bitstream-vera/"
> EndSection
>
> Section "DRI"
>        Group 0
>        Mode  0660
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier   "Monitor0"
>        VendorName   "HWP"
>        ModelName    "2615"
>        Option       "PreferredMode" "1920x1200"
>        Option       "Position" "1024 0"
>        Option       "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>        Identifier   "Monitor1"
>        VendorName   "PHL"
>        ModelName    "Philips 150B3"
>        Option       "PreferredMode" "1024x768"
>        Option       "Position" "0 0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>        ### Available Driver options are:-
>        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
>        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
>        ### [arg]: arg optional
>        #Option     "NoAccel"                   # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "SWcursor"                  # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "Dac6Bit"                   # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "Dac8Bit"                   # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "BusType"                   # [<str>]
>        #Option     "CPPIOMode"                 # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "CPusecTimeout"             # <i>
>        #Option     "AGPMode"                   # <i>
>        #Option     "AGPFastWrite"              # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "AGPSize"                   # <i>
>        #Option     "GARTSize"                  # <i>
>        #Option     "RingSize"                  # <i>
>        #Option     "BufferSize"                # <i>
>        #Option     "EnableDepthMoves"          # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "EnablePageFlip"            # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "NoBackBuffer"              # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "DMAForXv"                  # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "FBTexPercent"              # <i>
>        #Option     "DepthBits"                 # <i>
>        #Option     "PCIAPERSize"               # <i>
>        #Option     "AccelDFS"                  # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "DDCMode"                   # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "IgnoreEDID"                # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "DisplayPriority"           # [<str>]
>        #Option     "PanelSize"                 # [<str>]
>        #Option     "ForceMinDotClock"          # <freq>
>        #Option     "ColorTiling"               # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "VideoKey"                  # <i>
>        #Option     "RageTheatreCrystal"        # <i>
>        #Option     "RageTheatreTunerPort"      # <i>
>        #Option     "RageTheatreCompositePort"  # <i>
>        #Option     "RageTheatreSVideoPort"     # <i>
>        #Option     "TunerType"                 # <i>
>        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocPath"     # <str>
>        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocType"     # <str>
>        #Option     "ScalerWidth"               # <i>
>        #Option     "RenderAccel"               # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "SubPixelOrder"             # [<str>]
>        #Option     "ShowCache"                 # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "DynamicClocks"             # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "VGAAccess"                 # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "ReverseDDC"                # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "LVDSProbePLL"              # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "AccelMethod"               # <str>
>        #Option     "DRI"                       # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "ConnectorTable"            # <str>
>        #Option     "DefaultConnectorTable"     # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "DefaultTMDSPLL"            # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "TVDACLoadDetect"           # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "ForceTVOut"                # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "TVStandard"                # <str>
>        #Option     "IgnoreLidStatus"           # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "DefaultTVDACAdj"           # [<bool>]
>        #Option     "Int10"                     # [<bool>]
>        Identifier  "Card0"
>        Driver      "radeon"
>        VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
>        BoardName   "Radeon X1650 Pro"
>        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
>        Option      "AccelMethod" "EXA"
>        #Option      "EXAVSync" "On"
>        # WB: prevent flickering pointer
>        Option      "SWcursor" "True"
>        Option      "Monitor-DVI-0" "Monitor0"
>        Option      "Monitor-DVI-1" "Monitor1"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>        Identifier "Screen0"
>        Device     "Card0"
>        Monitor    "Monitor0"
>        SubSection "Display"
>                Virtual 2944 1200
>        EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
>
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