Dual monitors on FC3

[Gordon Charrick]

Philip Prindeville wrote:
> Gordon Charrick wrote:
> 
>> I've got a Matrox G400 (it has two VGA ports built-in) and just hooked 
>> a second monitor to the other VGA port. When I run 
>> system-config-display it gives me the option to enable the 2nd 
>> monitor, but when I restart X the other monitor just sits there 
>> stupidly like it's not getting a signal. Do I need any other software 
>> to do this or is Fedora set up to run it out of the box?
>>
> 
> Can you attach your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file?
> 
> -Philip
> 
Sure, here it is.

# 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      "/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 "InputDevice"
         Identifier  "Keyboard0"
         Driver      "kbd"
         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" "yes"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
         Identifier   "Monitor0"
         VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
         ModelName    "LL-172C-B"
         DisplaySize  340        270
         HorizSync    24.0 - 82.0
         VertRefresh  55.0 - 77.0
         Option      "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
         Identifier   "Monitor1"
         VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
         ModelName    "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
         HorizSync    31.5 - 67.0
         VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0
         Option      "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
         Identifier  "Videocard0"
         Driver      "mga"
         VendorName  "Videocard vendor"
         BoardName   "Matrox Millennium G400"
EndSection

Section "Device"
         Identifier  "Videocard1"
         Driver      "mga"
         VendorName  "Videocard Vendor"
         BoardName   "Matrox Millennium G400"
         BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
         Screen      1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
         Identifier "Screen0"
         Device     "Videocard0"
         Monitor    "Monitor0"
         DefaultDepth     16
         SubSection "Display"
                 Viewport   0 0
                 Depth     16
                 Modes    "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" 
"800x600" "640x480"
         EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
         Identifier "Screen1"
         Device     "Videocard1"
         Monitor    "Monitor1"
         DefaultDepth     16
         SubSection "Display"
                 Viewport   0 0
                 Depth     16
                 Modes    "1280x1024"
         EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
         Group        0
         Mode         0666
EndSection