[olug] Dual Monitors

[Jeff Norton]

[root at jeffdesktop root]# grep -i xiner /var/log/XF*.log
/var/log/XFree86.0.log:(**) Option "Xinerama" "1"
/var/log/XFree86.0.log:(**) Xinerama: enabled
/var/log/XFree86.0.log:(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
/var/log/XFree86.1.log:(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA


Jay Swackhamer wrote:

>If you get cloned screens then xinerama is not enabled,
>
>if you `grep -i xiner /var/log/XF*.log`
>do you get the following text returned?
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>(**) Option "Xinerama" "1"
>(**) Xinerama: enabled
>(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
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>>I have already tried that howto and it still does not work. any other
>>ideas?
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>>Steve Busby wrote:
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>>>On Sunday 16 November 2003 09:02 pm, Jay Swackhamer scribbled:
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>>>>what's left on the screen when you do a startx?
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>>>>>Do I need to startx using
>>>>>SNIPPED
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>>>Here's how I got two monitors working on my Gentoo box.
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>>>http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Xinerama-HOWTO/
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>>>It details how to configure your desktop across multiple monitors, or
>>>putting
>>>the same image on both monitors.
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