Dual Monitor Problems

[jludwig]

On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 10:40, Olwe Melwasul wrote:
> I'm hoping I have the right list here with my help question....
> 
> I have Fedora 2 and I've installed it on my Presario 2100 laptop. I'm 
> trying to get the video out to my CRT to work but it only will mirror 
> the laptop screen during non-X video output. The second X comes on, my 
> NEC MultiSync 97F dies. Below is my xorg.conf file:
> 
> Olwe
> ----
> 
> # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
>    Identifier     "Multihead layout"
>    Screen      0  "Screen0" LeftOf "Screen1"
>    Screen      1  "Screen1" 0 0
>    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>    Option        "Xinerama" "off"
>    Option        "Clone" "on"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Files"
> 
> # RgbPath is the location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name 
> of the
> # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db").  There is normally
> # no need to change the default.
> # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
> # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
> # the X server to render fonts.
>    RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>    FontPath     "unix/:7100"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
>    Load  "dbe"
>    Load  "extmod"
>    Load  "fbdevhw"
>    Load  "glx"
>    Load  "record"
>    Load  "freetype"
>    Load  "type1"
>    Load  "dri"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "ServerFlags"
>    Option        "AllowMouseOpenFail" "yes"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
> 
> # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1))
> #    Option    "Xleds"        "1 2 3"
> # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable.
> #    Option    "XkbDisable"
> # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the
> # lines below (which are the defaults).  For example, for a non-U.S.
> # keyboard, you will probably want to use:
> #    Option    "XkbModel"    "pc102"
> # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use:
> #    Option    "XkbModel"    "microsoft"
> #
> # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting.
> # For example, a german layout can be obtained with:
> #    Option    "XkbLayout"    "de"
> # or:
> #    Option    "XkbLayout"    "de"
> #    Option    "XkbVariant"    "nodeadkeys"
> #
> # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and
> # control keys, use:
> #    Option    "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:swapcaps"
> # Or if you just want both to be control, use:
> #    Option    "XkbOptions"    "ctrl:nocaps"
> #
>    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>    Driver      "keyboard"
>    Option        "XkbModel" "pc105"
>    Option        "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>    Identifier  "Mouse0"
>    Driver      "mouse"
>    Option        "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
>    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
>    Option        "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>    Identifier   "Monitor0"
>    VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>    ModelName    "Compaq 1520 Flat Panel Monitor"
>    HorizSync    31.0 - 96.0
>    VertRefresh  55.0 - 160.0
>    Option        "dpms"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>    Identifier   "Monitor1"
>    VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>    ModelName    "NEC MultiSync 95F"
>    HorizSync    31.0 - 96.0
>    VertRefresh  55.0 - 160.0
>    Option        "dpms"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>    Identifier  "Videocard0"
>    Driver      "radeon"
>    VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
>    BoardName   "ATI Radeon Mobility U1"
>    BusID       "PCI:1:5:0"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>    Identifier  "Videocard1"
>    Driver      "radeon"
>    VendorName  "Videocard Vendor"
>    BoardName   "ATI Radeon Mobility U1"
>    BusID       "PCI:1:5:0"
>    Screen      1
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>    Identifier "Screen0"
>    Device     "Videocard0"
>    Monitor    "Monitor0"
>    DefaultDepth     24
>    SubSection "Display"
>        Viewport   0 0
>        Depth     24
>        Modes    "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
>    EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>    Identifier "Screen1"
>    Device     "Videocard1"
>    Monitor    "Monitor1"
>    DefaultDepth     24
>    SubSection "Display"
>        Viewport   0 0
>        Depth     24
>        Modes    "1024x768" "1280x960" "1600x1200"
>    EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> Section "DRI"
>    Group        0
>    Mode         0666
> EndSection
The laptop only has one video chip, and, I don't believe it will be
possible set up duel heads.

Most laptop BIOS's and videos are pretty limited for power and size
constraints. 
-- 
jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net>