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First time configuring multiple monitor configuration. Not getting much of anywhere. Any help would be appreciated.
I have 3 monitors.
Samsung Syncmaster 913v
Acer AL2223W Widescreen
Samsung Syncmaster 920n
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- 04-23-2007 #1Just Joined!
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Triple Monitors Help
First time configuring multiple monitor configuration. Not getting much of anywhere. Any help would be appreciated.
I have 3 monitors.
Samsung Syncmaster 913v
Acer AL2223W Widescreen
Samsung Syncmaster 920n
Getting the following errors:
(WW) RADEON: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:1:11:0) found
(WW) I810: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:0) found
(EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
(II) UnloadModule: "i810"
(EE) Device(s) detected, but none match those in the config file.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
Video Cards:
Onboard i810 chipset is hooked up to the AL2223W
Radeon 9200 Video card (gets detected at 7000 though, see below)
Relevant lspci results:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
01:0b.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE]
xorg.conf file
# ************************************************** ********************
# Monitor section
# ************************************************** ********************
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "My Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Main Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
# ************************************************** ********************
# Graphics device section
# ************************************************** ********************
# Standard VGA Device:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "vga"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Radeon 9200-0"
Driver "radeon"
VideoRam 131072
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "crt,crt"
BusID "PCI:01:0b:0"
Screen 0
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "LCD"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel i810 Chipset"
Driver "i810"
VideoRam 131072
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "crt,crt"
Screen 1
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "LCD"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Radeon 9200-1"
Driver "radeon"
VideoRam 131072
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "crt,crt"
BusID "PCI:01:0vi b:0"
Screen 2
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "LCD"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen "Screen2" 0 0
Screen "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"
Screen "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen2"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
# ************************************************** ********************
# Screen sections
# ************************************************** ********************
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "ATI Radeon 9200-1"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Intel i810 Chipset"
Monitor "Main Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen2"
Device "ATI Radeon 9200-0"
Monitor "My Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
EndSection
- 12-18-2007 #2Just Joined!
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Screen in device config doesn't mean screen... Bad naming!
The "Screen" parameter in the device section has NOTHING to do with the defined screens. It's the identifier for each head on a multi head card. It's POORLY NAMED and NEEDS FIXED xorg devs!!!!
Here's what it should look like.
# ************************************************** ********************
# Graphics device section
# ************************************************** ********************
# Standard VGA Device:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
Driver "vga"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Radeon 9200-0"
Driver "radeon"
VideoRam 131072
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "crt,crt"
BusID "PCI:01:0b:0"
Screen 0 # First ouput head on dual head card
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "LCD"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel i810 Chipset"
Driver "i810"
VideoRam 131072
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "crt,crt"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
# Single head card NO screen param
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "LCD"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Radeon 9200-1"
Driver "radeon"
VideoRam 131072
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "crt,crt"
BusID "PCI:01:0vi b:0"
Screen 1 # Second ouput head on dual head card
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "LCD"
EndSection


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