Trying to determine where dual-display for X begins in FC/RH.

[Guy Fraser]

On Wed, 2005-12-01 at 20:04 -0500, Jim Cornette wrote:
> I submitted a bug report for problems trying to resolve a dual display 
> problem with the latest xorg-x11 program. I recall reading some list 
> mail and some bug reports earlier that referred to older X versions 
> working and later versions failing. I want to see if this is regression 
> or if an Intel 815 (primary) and an ati (secondary) video card could 
> work with Fedora/Red Hat.
> I installed Severn to see if I could configure dual-display and found 
> only the start of the configuration tool interface. (blank tab).
> Anyway, before trailing through all the betas, FC releases and such, I 
> would like to know where a functional configuration tool begins.
> 
I will have to presume that reading the documentation and then using 
"vi" to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf don't count.

> The bug and hardware that I am trying to use is posted in the bug report 
> that this link points to.
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=144597
> 
> I know the hardware is capable of working with this setup. The dual-head 
> operation works in Win ME, which is held in low esteem even among MS users.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Jim
> 
> -- 
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> 
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