Dual Monitors without Xorg.conf Help

I have an Acer Aspire One and Im trying to setup Dual Displays. Every guide Ive found, including the Acer One Article in the Wiki talks about editing the Xorg.conf file, yet my system seems to be running without one. Other than problems setting up the dual displays I dont have any issues with Display Settings so it seems my installation of arch linux seems to be using some other technology other than Xorg. Does any one know how the Display settings are setup without the use of the Xorg.conf file ? This is a fresh Arch Linux Base Install using only OpenBox.
Ive also tried using XRandR to setup my dual displays but I keep getting an error and google doesnt provide an answer.
I try and run the following command ( wich works fine on my other PC )
[zero@zero ~]$ xrandr --auto --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --right-of VGA1
And get the following error
X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
Major opcode of failed request: 149 (RANDR)
Minor opcode of failed request: 7 (RRSetScreenSize)
Serial number of failed request: 24
Current serial number in output stream: 25
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Last edited by devspyder (2010-07-18 19:08:32)

WooHoo !
awkwood - You Rock ! I feel like an idiot for not paying closer attention to your first post. I finally realized what you were saying and figured out how to do the downgrade.
If it's 2.12.0 I'd suggest trying 2.11.0 instead.
The most recent update borked my dual display with a similar error message but 2.11 works fine.
I don't use an xorg.conf.
So essentially this seems to be a bug with version 2.12 of the xf86-video-intel driver. I downgraded to ver 2.11 and everything works perfectly. I am running dual monitors at full resolution with no fuss. So again awkwood I thank you !
For other Arch Newbies who have this issue in the mean time until they fix the bug, this is how I did the downgrade.
Step 1:
download the 2.11 package from the link below
http://arm.konnichi.com/extra/os/i686/x … pkg.tar.xz
Step 2:
Open a terminal and cd to the directory where you saved the file
$ cd /home/$USERNAME/Downloads
Step 3:
Use pacman to install the package
sudo pacman -U xf86-video-intel-2.11.0-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz
Finally reboot. When you log back in everything should work fine
Again thanks to awkwood as well as karol, blind, Inxsible and everyone else for their help. Everyone here is so helpful, I am defiantly an Arch user for life. Hopefully they will fix the bug in the next version of the driver. My next step is to see about filling a bug report.

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[SOLVED] Dual Monitor / General Xorg.conf Issue

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xorg.conf
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen0"
Device "radeon0"
Monitor "monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "screen1"
Device "radeon1"
Monitor "monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "drm"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor0"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "monitor1"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "radeon0"
Option "ColorTiling" "on"
Driver "radeon"
Option "DRI" "on"
Option "DynamicPM" "on" # Dynamic powersaving.
Option "ClockGating" "on" # Assisting option for powersaving.
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" # EXA should fit most cases.
Option "EXAVSync" "on" # EXAVSync is explained above.
Option "DMAForXv" "on" # Forced option in order to enable Xv overlay.
Option "ScalerWidth" "2048" # That should fix some very rare bugs.
Option "EnablePageFlip" "on" # It will not be enabled on R5xx cards.
Option "RenderAccel" "on" # Optional. It should be enabled by default.
Option "AccelDFS" "on" #Optional. See the man page.
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "radeon1"
Option "ColorTiling" "on"
Driver "radeon"
Option "DRI" "on"
Option "DynamicPM" "on" # Dynamic powersaving.
Option "ClockGating" "on" # Assisting option for powersaving.
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" # EXA should fit most cases.
Option "EXAVSync" "on" # EXAVSync is explained above.
Option "DMAForXv" "on" # Forced option in order to enable Xv overlay.
Option "ScalerWidth" "2048" # That should fix some very rare bugs.
Option "EnablePageFlip" "on" # It will not be enabled on R5xx cards.
Option "RenderAccel" "on" # Optional. It should be enabled by default.
Option "AccelDFS" "on" #Optional. See the man page.
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "screen0"
Screen "screen1" RightOf "screen0"
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Option "clone" "off"
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Last edited by burninating__absol (2010-07-11 07:06:34)

I simply use xrandr to use dual heads like this. Here's my xorg.conf which defines the 2 monitors and their resolutions. Then a simple xrandr command to set up the screens. Works great in i3
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies HD2400XT Pro"
Driver "ati"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "DVI-0"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "DVI-1"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies HD2400XT Pro"
Monitor "DVI-0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050" "1050x1680" "1280x1024" "1440x900" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x720" "1280x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "720x400"
# ADD A VIRTUAL LINE TO PROVIDE FOR THE LARGEST SCREENS YOU WILL HOTPLUG
Virtual 2960 2960
EndSubSection
EndSection
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xrandr --output DVI-1 --auto --right-of DVI-0
Last edited by Inxsible (2010-07-11 04:54:15)

Archlinux dual monitor without Xorg/Xwindows (cli only)

Hi,
i have successfully installed Archlinux on my laptop, everything is fine! Xcfe desktop env. is able to handle dual monitor with the "xinerama" option (move windows between screens) with the "/etc/X11/xorg.conf/10-monitor.conf" config. file.
But, one question remain : when i exit from Xwindows (cli only), my dual monitor is going back to "twinview" (same screen for both monitors). Is it possible to have a "xinerama" view (2 independants Cli screens) in command line only (like in Xwindows)?
if yes , what can i do / install / run or configure to achieve this goal ?
ps : im not taking about alt-f1-f2-f3 switching tty or the "screen" command, but a way to handle 2 monitors in Linux command line....
Thanks !!!
Dom

Hmm, I remember when I first set up Arch linux It would do wired things with the video in X, screens weren't layed out correctly, and I couldn't get all 3 to work ( Only 2 ) So I needed to switch to the "Offical" drivers, It works well and I play games so I would've done it anyways, I'm not sure what you plan on doing with your computer ( Games, just internet, media ) but the "offical" drivers might be worth a shot.
Here's the wiki on the drivers you're currently using:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI
and the one's that AMD created:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI_Catalyst
I used the repository method, and It's working fine for me. I will say that in general although the open source drivers work really well and KMS is just awesome! ( It takes almost 10 seconds to switch from X to a tty for me right now ) The ATI drivers are sometimes just less problems.

5-screen (multi-monitor) nVidia xorg.conf -- my setup

Hi. I would like to share my xorg.conf, since it took forever to get right.
There isn't a lot of information out there for folks using > 2 monitors, or several graphics cards, or esoteric setups including rotation etc. I hope this will be useful; I wouldn't mind contributing to the wiki if anybody thinks it might be useful.
So first up: hardware. I have
nVidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti connected to a 24" monitor (in the middle)
nVidia GeForce 210 connected to two 19" monitors, rotated into portrait (on either side of the 24")
nVidia GeForce GT 440 connected to two 15" monitors (above the 24")
here is a picture of the monitors, click for a bigger version
Drivers: I'm using the official nVidia drivers, I couldn't get nouveau to work. Since I am using Xinerama, the XRandR extension isn't loaded -- therefore my setup won't be suitable for people whose screen configuration changes dynamically. But I'd prefer not to use Xinerama, and even to use nouveau if possible; if anybody has a similar configuration working with nouveau, please share
Finally, the actual config itself. Here it is on pastebin.
Rotation
The correct way to rotate monitors in xorg.conf is through the metamodes option of the Screen section. On my Screen 2 and 4 (the two 19" monitors), you can see that
{ Rotation = left }
has been added at the end of the metamodes option. Contrary to some other guides floating around, it is not necessary to specify these options:
# Unnecessary
Option "RandRRotate" "on"
Option "Rotate" "right"
I believe these come from an earlier version of Xorg. They don't have any effect when I put them in my xorg.conf, using Xorg 1.12.4 and nVidia 304.43.
Even when I specified rotate in metamodes, my monitors didn't appear to rotate because I had originally written
Option "metamodes" "CRT-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0 { Rotation = left} "
instead of
Option "metamodes" "DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0 { Rotation = left} "
This just made rotation fail silently, with no error message. Make sure to specify DFP if you're using a digital output (DVI, HDMI, DP) and CRT only if you're using a VGA output on your graphics board.
Tips
When you're testing out a new Xorg.conf, you can use
startx -- :1
to start a new X server without killing the current one. See if your configuration works, then switch back to your original X server by pressing Cmd-Alt-F7.
You should also keep a log of different configurations you have tried. You can use a version control system like git to track changes to your Xorg.conf; make sure you document every change you have made, and why, it can prove invaluable later on.
Feel free to ask about this setup. I would like to know something: what is the function of the Screen option in the Device section? On the four Device entries for my nVidia 210 and 440 cards, there is an option called Screen; when I take it out, the setup breaks. Why are they there? And why do they not map to the screen numbers in the Screen section? (They are numbered 0, 0, 1, 1 rather than 1, 2, 3, 4)

Thank you for the reply. I read the wiki page, but unfortunately I am still struggling with my two nvidia gpu, three monitor setup.
The red arrows show the pointer progression through the monitors (moving mouse left to right). When the cursor is on the top monitor, it becomes an X, and the screen is black.
Here is the matching xorg.conf
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 331.67 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-08) Fri Apr 4 12:26:05 PDT 2014
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Acer G236HL"
HorizSync 30.0 - 80.0
VertRefresh 55.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Acer X223W"
HorizSync 31.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 9600 GT"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce GT 610"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "Stereo" "0"
Option "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-1"
Option "metamodes" "VGA-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DVI-I-1: nvidia-auto-select +1920+0"
Option "SLI" "Off"
Option "MultiGPU" "Off"
Option "BaseMosaic" "off"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Device1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "Stereo" "0"
Option "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-1"
Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
Option "SLI" "Off"
Option "MultiGPU" "Off"
Option "BaseMosaic" "off"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Based on this post on archlinux, I took a crack at matching the xorg.conf pattern above (monitor/device/screen sections) with my own. I took it as a victory that it actually didn't error (many xorg.conf experiments have in the last couple of days have). Here is my new xorg.conf with 3 screens/3 monitors/3 devices:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 331.67 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-08) Fri Apr 4 12:26:16 PDT 2014
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
Screen 2 "Screen2" RightOf "Screen1"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "1"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "leftAcer"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Acer G236HL"
HorizSync 30.0 - 80.0
VertRefresh 55.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "rightAcer"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Acer G236HL"
HorizSync 30.0 - 80.0
VertRefresh 55.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "topAcer"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Acer X223W"
HorizSync 31.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "geforce-9600-gt-0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 9600 GT"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "geforce-9600-gt-1"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 9600 GT"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "geforce-gt-610"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce GT 610"
BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "geforce-9600-gt-0"
Monitor "leftAcer"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
Option "Stereo" "0"
Option "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
Option "MetaModes" "DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "geforce-9600-gt-1"
Monitor "rightAcer"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-1"
Option "Stereo" "0"
Option "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-1"
Option "MetaModes" "DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen2"
Device "geforce-gt-610"
Monitor "topAcer"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
Option "Stereo" "0"
Option "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
Option "MetaModes" "DFP-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection
This what appears with the new xorg.conf:
"leftAcer" and "rightAcer" appear, but nothing appears on "topAcer" (it appears not to be getting a signal from the gpu). I can move the mouse pointer between "leftAcer" and "rightAcer".
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Here are a few details about the hardware setup:
GeForce 9600 GT is in the PCI:1 slot. It's DVI out is going to "acerLeft", it's VGA out is going to "acerRight".
GeForce GT 610 is in PCI:2 slot. It's VGA out is going to "acerTop".
thanks!

Howto change DPI, without xorg.conf if possible?

So, once and for all I'd like to have DPI issue solved
I want to have DPI set to 96. At this size fonts and everything seems at normal size, I don't want to argue about that...
Practically,
$ xdpyinfo | grep inch
resolution: 121x121 dots per inch
I want it to be:
$ xrandr --dpi 96
$ xdpyinfo | grep inch
resolution: 96x96 dots per inch
I have intel 965M chipset, using the intel driver:
xf86-video-intel 2.6.3-3
xorg-server 1.6.1-1
So, when I run xrandr manually, it gets fixed to 96x96 but how to do it automatically?
I think I tried all of the common methods that are advised to this problem, like adding
Xft.dpi: 96
into ~/.Xdefaults and ~/.Xresources.
I also changed /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc into
exec /usr/bin/X -dpi 96 -nolisten tcp
but no result.
I remember that DisplaySize option in section monitor in xorg.conf used to work but now doesn't. (Not sure however whent it stopped working and if it was also intel driver). I even put
Option "UseEDID" "false"
into Section Screen...
I would prefer if this could be done without using xorg.conf cause now I only have Option "DontZap" "false" there.
I use kdm, if that matters.. but the dpi is wrong in all DEs.

Okay, both of the recommended settings work.
First:
caskale13c wrote:Find the ServerArgsLocal value in /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc and add -dpi 96 (or 146) to it. It will be located in the [X-:*-Core] section.
Second:
add
xrandr --dpi 96
into /usr/share/config/kdm/Xsetup
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Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Virtual 1920 1080
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EndSection
into xorg.conf. This wasn't needed before.
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Terminus font without xorg.conf

Hi, since I have accidentally deleted my xorg.conf I am trying to run x without xorg.conf. I am very surprised tosay that everything works simply fine (including dri, 1333x768 widescreen resolutiion and touchpad; the keyboard layout can be easily configured with setxkbdmap in .xinitrc). The only problem concerns the paths of the fonts: xorg looks in /usr/share/fonts for all my fonts except those in /usr/share/fonts/local, where the terminus fonts are actually installed.
Thus I wonder if there is some way to tell xorg to look also there: perhaps a command to be put in .xinitrc to add the missing font path dinamically, or a way to change the default paths where it looks at startup.
Obviously I have also tried to create a xorg.conf with only the Section "Files" and the font paths, but then xorg is not autoconfigureed anymore and it fails because there is no devices in xorg.conf.
My last resort will be to modify the terminus-font PKGBUILD to put the fonts somewhere else, perhaps in /usr/share/fonts/misc, but I would prefer a cleaner way. And no, I do not want to rewrite my xorg.conf just for some fonts (and the tools to make a config file produce an unusable one in my system):)

Oh, I found it. It is enough to add this to .xinitrc:
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Set permanent monitor refresh rate without xorg.conf

Hi everyone,
Came back to archlinux, made a clean install with gnome 3. Found out that my GDM and Gnome monitor refresh rate is wrong. For GDM I solved it by adding xrandr -s 1024x768 -r 85 to the gdm init script. Maybe it's ugly, but at least working. I've got no xorg.conf and I don't want to create it only because of this problem. Using GUI screen settings in System preferences I managed only to set permanently correct resolution (1024x768) but the refresh rate cannot be changed there, so every time I boot now I have correct resolution and refresh rate for GDM, but after login I have 1024x768@60 only, so I have to manually issue 'xrandr -r 85' every time I login. Can I fix it without creating xorg.conf file under /etc/X11? What I already tried was creating the config file under /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ and set proper resolution and refresh rate there, but it didn't help. If someone has advice or idea, i will be very grateful. Thanks a lot in advance.

I think you need to specify the values from the manufacturer's website.
Here's my /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "DELL"
ModelName "U2311H"
HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nouveau"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
I probably don't need to specify "Driver" with open-source drivers, but it's easier to just replace it with "nvidia", since I sometimes switch to the proprietary ones.
$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 4096 x 4096
VGA-1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 509mm x 286mm
1920x1080 60.0*+
1680x1050 60.0
1680x945 60.0
1400x1050 74.9 60.0
1600x900 60.0
1280x1024 75.0 60.0
1440x900 75.0 59.9
1280x960 60.0
1366x768 60.0
1360x768 60.0
1280x800 74.9 59.8
1152x864 75.0
1280x768 74.9 59.9
1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0
1024x576 60.0
800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
848x480 60.0
640x480 72.8 75.0 60.0
720x400 70.1

Multi-head setup without xorg.conf

I'm using the newer method of running X without an xorg.conf and want a traditional multi-head setup (a "Normal multi-head" method, allowing a separate X session on each of the monitors).
I would use this to have a different window manager run on each of the screens (something like the following for OpenBox: DISPLAY=:0.1 openbox), perhaps with the aid of Switchscreen.
XRandR will give me one big virtual screen (and is currently how I'm doing it, combined with xnest), but that's not what I want. Any ideas?

WooHoo !
awkwood - You Rock ! I feel like an idiot for not paying closer attention to your first post. I finally realized what you were saying and figured out how to do the downgrade.
If it's 2.12.0 I'd suggest trying 2.11.0 instead.
The most recent update borked my dual display with a similar error message but 2.11 works fine.
I don't use an xorg.conf.
So essentially this seems to be a bug with version 2.12 of the xf86-video-intel driver. I downgraded to ver 2.11 and everything works perfectly. I am running dual monitors at full resolution with no fuss. So again awkwood I thank you !
For other Arch Newbies who have this issue in the mean time until they fix the bug, this is how I did the downgrade.
Step 1:
download the 2.11 package from the link below
http://arm.konnichi.com/extra/os/i686/x … pkg.tar.xz
Step 2:
Open a terminal and cd to the directory where you saved the file
$ cd /home/$USERNAME/Downloads
Step 3:
Use pacman to install the package
sudo pacman -U xf86-video-intel-2.11.0-2-i686.pkg.tar.xz
Finally reboot. When you log back in everything should work fine
Again thanks to awkwood as well as karol, blind, Inxsible and everyone else for their help. Everyone here is so helpful, I am defiantly an Arch user for life. Hopefully they will fix the bug in the next version of the driver. My next step is to see about filling a bug report.

Xorg.conf (help)

Got 2 screens on my computer, a 22" Samsung on DVI and a 40" Sony on HDMI.
1. My 40" TV automatically becomes the primary screen. I want my 22" as primary.
2. I want extended desktop configured in the xorg.conf since i need to use the xorg.conf anyway (better to have all settings in one place) 40" to the right of 22"
3. Resolution as follows. 22": 1680x1050 40": 1920x1080
4. I want both screens in same xorg.conf (merge the two i have)
Did a "X -configure" with both screens connected, and one with just 22" connected. Seems it didn't detect 2 screens with both connected. Hope someone can help me with the setup Don't want more changes to these files than necessary, so i can easily remember what to to next time i do a "X -configure"
Only 22" connected during "X -configure"
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri2"
Load "record"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize 1680 1050 # mm
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "SAM"
ModelName "SyncMaster"
HorizSync 30.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: : integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz",
### <percent>: "<f>%"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "Dac8Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "BusType" # [<str>]
#Option "CPPIOMode" # [<bool>]
#Option "CPusecTimeout" # 
#Option "AGPMode" # 
#Option "AGPFastWrite" # [<bool>]
#Option "AGPSize" # 
#Option "GARTSize" # 
#Option "RingSize" # 
#Option "BufferSize" # 
#Option "EnableDepthMoves" # [<bool>]
#Option "EnablePageFlip" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoBackBuffer" # [<bool>]
#Option "DMAForXv" # [<bool>]
#Option "FBTexPercent" # 
#Option "DepthBits" # 
#Option "PCIAPERSize" # 
#Option "AccelDFS" # [<bool>]
#Option "IgnoreEDID" # [<bool>]
#Option "CustomEDID" # [<str>]
#Option "DisplayPriority" # [<str>]
#Option "PanelSize" # [<str>]
#Option "ForceMinDotClock" # <freq>
#Option "ColorTiling" # [<bool>]
#Option "VideoKey" # 
#Option "RageTheatreCrystal" # 
#Option "RageTheatreTunerPort" # 
#Option "RageTheatreCompositePort" # 
#Option "RageTheatreSVideoPort" # 
#Option "TunerType" # 
#Option "RageTheatreMicrocPath" # <str>
#Option "RageTheatreMicrocType" # <str>
#Option "ScalerWidth" # 
#Option "RenderAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SubPixelOrder" # [<str>]
#Option "ClockGating" # [<bool>]
#Option "VGAAccess" # [<bool>]
#Option "ReverseDDC" # [<bool>]
#Option "LVDSProbePLL" # [<bool>]
#Option "AccelMethod" # <str>
#Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
#Option "ConnectorTable" # <str>
#Option "DefaultConnectorTable" # [<bool>]
#Option "DefaultTMDSPLL" # [<bool>]
#Option "TVDACLoadDetect" # [<bool>]
#Option "ForceTVOut" # [<bool>]
#Option "TVStandard" # <str>
#Option "IgnoreLidStatus" # [<bool>]
#Option "DefaultTVDACAdj" # [<bool>]
#Option "Int10" # [<bool>]
#Option "EXAVSync" # [<bool>]
#Option "ATOMTVOut" # [<bool>]
#Option "R4xxATOM" # [<bool>]
#Option "ForceLowPowerMode" # [<bool>]
#Option "DynamicPM" # [<bool>]
#Option "NewPLL" # [<bool>]
#Option "ZaphodHeads" # <str>
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "radeon"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Both screens connected during "X -configure"
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri2"
Load "record"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize 1920 1080 # mm
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "SNY"
ModelName "SONY TV XV"
HorizSync 14.0 - 70.0
VertRefresh 48.0 - 62.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: : integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz",
### <percent>: "<f>%"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "Dac8Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "BusType" # [<str>]
#Option "CPPIOMode" # [<bool>]
#Option "CPusecTimeout" # 
#Option "AGPMode" # 
#Option "AGPFastWrite" # [<bool>]
#Option "AGPSize" # 
#Option "GARTSize" # 
#Option "RingSize" # 
#Option "BufferSize" # 
#Option "EnableDepthMoves" # [<bool>]
#Option "EnablePageFlip" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoBackBuffer" # [<bool>]
#Option "DMAForXv" # [<bool>]
#Option "FBTexPercent" # 
#Option "DepthBits" # 
#Option "PCIAPERSize" # 
#Option "AccelDFS" # [<bool>]
#Option "IgnoreEDID" # [<bool>]
#Option "CustomEDID" # [<str>]
#Option "DisplayPriority" # [<str>]
#Option "PanelSize" # [<str>]
#Option "ForceMinDotClock" # <freq>
#Option "ColorTiling" # [<bool>]
#Option "VideoKey" # 
#Option "RageTheatreCrystal" # 
#Option "RageTheatreTunerPort" # 
#Option "RageTheatreCompositePort" # 
#Option "RageTheatreSVideoPort" # 
#Option "TunerType" # 
#Option "RageTheatreMicrocPath" # <str>
#Option "RageTheatreMicrocType" # <str>
#Option "ScalerWidth" # 
#Option "RenderAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SubPixelOrder" # [<str>]
#Option "ClockGating" # [<bool>]
#Option "VGAAccess" # [<bool>]
#Option "ReverseDDC" # [<bool>]
#Option "LVDSProbePLL" # [<bool>]
#Option "AccelMethod" # <str>
#Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
#Option "ConnectorTable" # <str>
#Option "DefaultConnectorTable" # [<bool>]
#Option "DefaultTMDSPLL" # [<bool>]
#Option "TVDACLoadDetect" # [<bool>]
#Option "ForceTVOut" # [<bool>]
#Option "TVStandard" # <str>
#Option "IgnoreLidStatus" # [<bool>]
#Option "DefaultTVDACAdj" # [<bool>]
#Option "Int10" # [<bool>]
#Option "EXAVSync" # [<bool>]
#Option "ATOMTVOut" # [<bool>]
#Option "R4xxATOM" # [<bool>]
#Option "ForceLowPowerMode" # [<bool>]
#Option "DynamicPM" # [<bool>]
#Option "NewPLL" # [<bool>]
#Option "ZaphodHeads" # <str>
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "radeon"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Last edited by Shamanix (2011-08-08 13:17:18)

Gonna try this in xorg.conf and xinitrc.
xinitrc (to get 40" to the right of 22")
xrandr --output DVI-1 --auto --right-of DVI-0
xorg.conf (to set primary screen and get the right resolution at login screen also, not only the desktop after login)
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Radeon HD 6850"
Driver "radeon"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "DVI-0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "DVI-1"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Radeon HD 6850"
Monitor "DVI-0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1680x1050"
Virtual 1980 1080
EndSubSection
EndSection
Hope this will work. Maybe someone has a better/easier suggestion?
Last edited by Shamanix (2011-08-09 09:54:57)

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Hi all,
according to lspci I got a
"01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M56P [Radeon Mobility X1600]"
I've had problems with it and the open source drivers for a long time in both Ubuntu and Arch (round about every 10 minutes the monitor (of two) which doesn't have the mouse on it flickers white for a split second but long enough to be annoying).
I solved it by using radeonhd which doesn't have this problem even though it's performance is slightly worse, i'm not a gamer so I dind't care too much.
However now radeonhd has become extremely slow probably due to KMS so I mv'ed my xorg.conf and am running without one using the radeon driver.
Performance is great but I got the flicker problem back. Does anyone have an idea what to do? This card has also not worked with recent fglrx versions by the way (the README says it supports M55 + M56 or so but explicitly states that M56P is not supported).
many thanks in advance Niklas

So I have radeonhd working properly again with the Radeon Mobility X1600.
I recommend disabling KMS and trying radeonhd. You can disable the KMS by following these instructions: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI#Disable_KMS
This is working much more nicely than the regular radeon driver with the flicker problems. The speed difference with KMS disabled is VERY noticeable. Hopefully this will be fixed soon...

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Hello
I am trying to set up and dual monitor setup here, with a monitor and a tv, the monitors resolution is 1680x1050, the tv's resolution is 1360x720, which results in that the desktop will have an resolution on 3040x1050.
When I try to do this with GNOME's xrandr gui, I get this:
required virtual size does not fit available size: requested=(3040, 1050), minimum=(320, 200), maximum=(1920, 1920)
When looking in the motherboards manual, it states that each out of my graphics card can do a resolution of 1980x1080. Is the intel driver missunderstanding something? Since both the dvi and hdmi output only delivers 1360x720 and 1680x1050, 3040x1050 is only an virtual resolution.
Any suggestions?

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "record"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "dri2"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbLayout" "no"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Option "AccelMethod" "exa"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller"
BusID "PCI:0:2:1"
Option "AccelMethod" "exa"
Option "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
Option "LeftOf" "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection
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OpenSolaris xorg.conf help

Hi, I am running OpenSolaris build NV_22 on an athlon64 box
with ATI RS480 video on-board chipset (I think RS480 is also known as Radeon Express 200). Everything is working fine except I cannot quite get the right xorg.conf settings to fire up X. Installation was in X (CDE) so I know X works fine. But after installation, I could not get the right xorg.conf settings. I have the monitor settings as I get it from another box which has the settings. But I am not sure what are the proper settings for the graphics card section.
Is there anyone that is also using the same video chip set and got
X working? If so, can I take a look at your xorg.conf?
Thanks
--Vincent
[email protected]

Use Xsun until you get it figured out. There should be something there that covers it in the xfree86 stuff

[solved]terminus font without xorg.conf

Hi
I start X without a xorg.conf as every conf I tried did not work. Without the conf X works perfectly.
But I now want the terminus font for my WM and pacman installed them in /usr/share/fonts/local
This directory is not recognized by X by default.
Additional font directories are usually specified in the xorg.conf, but I don't have one.
I can manually set the font path with:
mkfontdir
xset fp+ /usr/share/fonts/local
xset fp rehash
I now see the font in xfontsel.
But when I restart X, it's gone..
Is there a way to fix this?
Last edited by lustikus (2009-12-16 10:58:53)

I was hoping for a more elegant solution, but I guess it's elegant enough
thank you

X running without xorg.conf

Hi,
I've installed the ati-glrx-beyond package with the ati drivers and noticed that my xorg.conf was gone (not sure if it was there in the first place):
find / -name xorg.conf
returns no files.
Anyway, X runs fine, with the correct resolution and everything (no direct rendering though). The problem is that I can't configure it with aticonfig (as the configuration file isn't there)...running Xorg -configure crashes with the following message:
List of video drivers:
fglrx
ati
atimisc
r128
radeon
vesa
Backtrace:
0: Xorg(xf86SigHandler+0x84) [0x80c4724]
1: [0xffffe420]
2: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so(atiddxProbeMain+0x121) [0xb75b1e31]
3: Xorg(DoConfigure+0x208) [0x80b6568]
4: Xorg(InitOutput+0x655) [0x80a06e5]
5: Xorg(main+0x276) [0x806ea26]
6: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xd8) [0xb7ddc7c8]
7: Xorg(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0xa5) [0x806df61]
Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting
Any ideas what might be wrong? Thanks in advance

A bug in the ATI drivers prevents you from using autoconfiguration. You could move away the fglrx driver file or uninstall the ATI driver temporarily and use Xorg -configure to generate a generic config using the vesa or vga driver first, then move the things back in place and use aticonfig to generate the ati-specific xorg.conf.

T440 - dual monitors without dock, using VGA and mini DP

Try to find out if a T440 can use its VGA and mini DP ports at the same time for dual monitor support (LCD can be closed.) Can't seem to find this info anywhere, everything I come up against talks about a dock.
Thanks.

There are "features" having to do with the amount of power supplied to run the adapters on the 5770 and 5870.
I suggest you use one DVI-to-VGA adapter for your best display. These VGA signals are present on the DVI-I output from the computer -- in the bar at one end and the four pins around it. The adapter used for this is just wires.
The longer story has to do with using much more expensive ACTIVE, Powered adapters, some even use a USB pigtail to pick up power from a USB to run signal drivers inside the adapters. These are Required to run three displays, but you can Usually get away with it for two.

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