This is something I've been battling with for a while now, and it's becoming rather annoying.
I'm trying to set-up a 3 monitor stretched desktop. (1 desktop across all three monitors)
OK, hardware:
1x AGP ATI 9800 Radeon with 2 Video Outputs (this seems to be the issue)
1x PCI ATI 9250 Radeon with 1 Video Output
3x 17" Flat Panels
Currently I have a shared / stretched desktop across Monitor 1 (in Card 1) and Monitor 3 (in Card 2). However, Monitor 2 ( second output in Card 1 ) simply mimics Monitor 1 - and is recognised by the OS as just that (screen 1 - 'configure desktop > identify screens' ).
My assumption is that it doesn't recognise that I've got a second output on that card and the card is just duplicating the feeds by default.
I am currently running Fedora Core 6, but my last attempt at getting this to work was with FC5, and at that time, I had the opposite problem - I could get Monitors on the same card to work, but not the second card's monitor. So, there is a way to do it, I'm just not sure I'm configuring the xorg.conf file correctly. I've search around on google and found several howtos etc, but none have really resolved the entire issue.
Here's the relevant config in the xorg.conf file. I've played with this file and tried so many different scenarios that my head's starting to go a little funny.
Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.
Thanks
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I'm trying to set-up a 3 monitor stretched desktop. (1 desktop across all three monitors)
OK, hardware:
1x AGP ATI 9800 Radeon with 2 Video Outputs (this seems to be the issue)
1x PCI ATI 9250 Radeon with 1 Video Output
3x 17" Flat Panels
Currently I have a shared / stretched desktop across Monitor 1 (in Card 1) and Monitor 3 (in Card 2). However, Monitor 2 ( second output in Card 1 ) simply mimics Monitor 1 - and is recognised by the OS as just that (screen 1 - 'configure desktop > identify screens' ).
My assumption is that it doesn't recognise that I've got a second output on that card and the card is just duplicating the feeds by default.
I am currently running Fedora Core 6, but my last attempt at getting this to work was with FC5, and at that time, I had the opposite problem - I could get Monitors on the same card to work, but not the second card's monitor. So, there is a way to do it, I'm just not sure I'm configuring the xorg.conf file correctly. I've search around on google and found several howtos etc, but none have really resolved the entire issue.
Here's the relevant config in the xorg.conf file. I've played with this file and tried so many different scenarios that my head's starting to go a little funny.
Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Multihead layout"
Screen 0 "CenterScreen" Absolute 0 0
Screen 1 "LeftScreen" Absolute 1280 0
Screen 2 "RightScreen" Absolute 2560 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
Option "Xinerama" "on"
Option "Clone" "off"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
HorizSync 31.5 - 67.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
HorizSync 31.5 - 67.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor2"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
HorizSync 31.5 - 67.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "radeon"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "ATI Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro]"
BusID "PCI:01:00:00"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard1"
Driver "radeon"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "ATI Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (Secondary)"
BusID "PCI:1:0:1"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard2"
Driver "radeon"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "ATI Radeon RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO]"
BusID "PCI:3:7:00"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard3"
Driver "radeon"
VendorName "ATI"
BoardName "ATI Radeon RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (Secondary)"
BusID "PCI:3:7:01"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "CenterScreen"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "LeftScreen"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "RightScreen"
Device "Videocard2"
Monitor "Monitor2"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.
Thanks
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