Could anyone help me out? I waited 18 days for F9 to be released but it does not appear to have fixed many problems with dual heading a T42 with Radeon Mobility.
I go to 'screen resolution' and unselect 'mirror'. It detects my monitor fine but does not display seperate views when I apply. When I go to the video settings and select 'dual head' I cannot press OK and it does not detect a 'second video card' even though my Radeon 7500 technically has two ports.. LCD screen and VGA out.
Please if anyone can help. For my development machine I require three things to be productive; 1) USB mouse, 2) full-size keyboard, 3) dual head. I don't believe this is too much to ask of an OS.
I don't want to be stuck with Windows XP and cygwin and I like using Linux, but I must have dual head. Thanks!
If you run 'xrandr', does it show that the VGA Monitor is connected?
If so, try 'xrandr --output VGA --auto' for a mirror or 'xrandr --output VGA --left-of LVDS' for a dual-screen. Substitute '--right-of' to move the monitor to the other side.
I have a Lenovo 3000 y410 using the Intel drivers, but the commands work the same, and currently have a dual-screen setup using this method.
-Sean
gene wrote:
Could anyone help me out? I waited 18 days for F9 to be released but it does not appear to have fixed many problems with dual heading a T42 with Radeon Mobility.
I go to 'screen resolution' and unselect 'mirror'. It detects my monitor fine but does not display seperate views when I apply. When I go to the video settings and select 'dual head' I cannot press OK and it does not detect a 'second video card' even though my Radeon 7500 technically has two ports.. LCD screen and VGA out.
Please if anyone can help. For my development machine I require three things to be productive; 1) USB mouse, 2) full-size keyboard, 3) dual head. I don't believe this is too much to ask of an OS.
I don't want to be stuck with Windows XP and cygwin and I like using Linux, but I must have dual head. Thanks!
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Yes, xrandr appears to see my monitor. I get something like:
VGA-0 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 340mm x 250mm 1920x1200 60.0 1920x1080 59.9 1600x1200 70.0 65.0 60.0 .... LVDS connected....
The monitor appears mirrored after reboot. However, when I enter the 'xrandr -right-of' my gnome session hangs completely. The mouse still moves but none of the windows or controls respond.
I'm using the standard drivers here. Perhaps I need different drivers?
On Tue, 13 May 2008 23:45:29 -0400, Sean Madden spmadden@gmail.com wrote:
If you run 'xrandr', does it show that the VGA Monitor is connected?
If so, try 'xrandr --output VGA --auto' for a mirror or 'xrandr --output VGA --left-of LVDS' for a dual-screen. Substitute '--right-of' to move the monitor to the other side.
I have a Lenovo 3000 y410 using the Intel drivers, but the commands work the same, and currently have a dual-screen setup using this method.
-Sean
gene wrote:
Could anyone help me out? I waited 18 days for F9 to be released but it does not appear to have fixed many problems with dual heading a T42 with Radeon Mobility.
I go to 'screen resolution' and unselect 'mirror'. It detects my
monitor
fine but does not display seperate views when I apply. When I go to the video settings and select 'dual head' I cannot press OK and it does not detect a 'second video card' even though my Radeon 7500 technically has
two
ports.. LCD screen and VGA out.
Please if anyone can help. For my development machine I require three things to be productive; 1) USB mouse, 2) full-size keyboard, 3) dual
head.
I don't believe this is too much to ask of an OS.
I don't want to be stuck with Windows XP and cygwin and I like using
Linux,
but I must have dual head. Thanks!
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