[Techtalk] dual screen

[Chantal Rosmuller]

Telsa Gwynne wrote:

>On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 09:45:18AM +0100 or thereabouts, Chantal Rosmuller wrote:
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>>Hi everyone,
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>>I'm trying to get dual screen working on my pc but so far no success.
>>This is my (dual head) video card: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200]
>>My distro is Suse 9.2, X-version is Version 6.8.1
>>Did I make a mistake in my xorg.conf or do I need another driver? I 
>>included the relevant parts of my xorg.conf below,
>>thanks!
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>I have only done this once or twice, but I still have my list of
>"things to do" for this, so I'll take a guess. I see three things
>I am not sure about. 
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Thanks

>First, there are two places where instead of
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>  EndSection
>  Section "Something"
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>..I can see
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>  EndSectionSection "Something"
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>..and the lines have got merged together. That can't help :) 
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Oops, sorry for sloppy pasting :)

>Second, do you need the BusIDs for both video cards? You have
>provided both. I have only ever provided the BusID for the second
>video card. Is the first absolutely necessary? 
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>Third, I think BusIDs should be in the form "PCI:1:0:0" or "AGP:1:0:0" 
>rather than just "1:0:0".
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I tried it but it didn't change anything
Maybe I should add that both screens are working but they are giving the 
same image twice instead of showing one big screen.

>Telsa
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Chantal