Dual Monitor Question

[Matt Smith]

Done, that worked on my reboot.  One question though when I tried to
open the file through the terminal while in root I got a Gconf error
and ihad to do it from the gui, not a huge deal, I was just curious,
everything works now.



On 1/21/10, Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 21 January 2010 03:26:31 Matt Smith wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > On Wednesday 20 January 2010 01:26:06 Matt Smith wrote:
>> > This is also the file you need to edit in order to activate the radeon
>> > driver
>> > and get a dual-monitor system (hopefully). Attach it and post it here,
>> > and then I'll tell you exactly what and how to modify in it.
>
> Ok, your xorg.conf file is simpler than I thought. This is what you need to
> do:
>
> 1) Open a terminal
> 2) Type
>
> su -
>
> 3) The su will ask for the root password. Type it in.
> 4) Type
>
> gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> 5) A text editor should open for you and have the contents of xorg.conf
> displayed.
> 6) Delete the word "vesa" and put "radeon" in its place.
> 7) Save the file and close the editor.
> 8) Make sure your both monitors are plugged in.
> 9) Reboot the computer.
> 10) After you log in again, send me again the /var/log/Xorg.0.log and the
> output of xrandr.
>
> If all goes well, X will use the radeon driver, xrandr will become smarter
> and
> it will be a matter of using a single xrandr command to turn on the other
> monitor.
>
> Best, :-)
> Marko
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