Dual Screen - Mouse looks weird

hi,
ive just installed the xf86-video-ati drivers. and have a dual monitor setup.
The mouse looks fine on the first screen, but then when i move over onto the second screen it just looks like 4 bars/gradients going from dark blue to light blue.
other than that it works fine
anyone know what could be causing this?
thanks
Kane

I am having the same problem with a slightly different setup. My monitors are configured as follows:
______X_____| |
| | |
| | |
|____________| |
X |_______|
My cursor can move into both of the "X" areas.
I use xrandr to set the position of the left screen as 0x400. I am running XMonad as my window manager and using nouveau graphics drivers.
I also thought about filing a bug report, but I'm not sure which part of the graphics stack is responsible for constraining the cursor to the visible screen. Can anyone shed some light on this?
Last edited by goodgrue (2010-02-14 05:38:14)

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FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
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800x600 (0x50) 49.5MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 816 end 896 total 1056 skew 0 clock 46.9KHz
v: height 600 start 601 end 604 total 625 clock 75.0Hz
800x600 (0x51) 40.0MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 840 end 968 total 1056 skew 0 clock 37.9KHz
v: height 600 start 601 end 605 total 628 clock 60.3Hz
800x600 (0x52) 36.0MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 824 end 896 total 1024 skew 0 clock 35.2KHz
v: height 600 start 601 end 603 total 625 clock 56.2Hz
640x480 (0x53) 36.0MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 696 end 752 total 832 skew 0 clock 43.3KHz
v: height 480 start 481 end 484 total 509 clock 85.0Hz
640x480 (0x54) 31.5MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 664 end 704 total 832 skew 0 clock 37.9KHz
v: height 480 start 489 end 492 total 520 clock 72.8Hz
640x480 (0x55) 31.5MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 656 end 720 total 840 skew 0 clock 37.5KHz
v: height 480 start 481 end 484 total 500 clock 75.0Hz
640x480 (0x56) 25.2MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 656 end 752 total 800 skew 0 clock 31.5KHz
v: height 480 start 490 end 492 total 525 clock 59.9Hz
720x400 (0x57) 35.5MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 720 start 756 end 828 total 936 skew 0 clock 37.9KHz
v: height 400 start 401 end 404 total 446 clock 85.0Hz
640x400 (0x58) 31.5MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 640 start 672 end 736 total 832 skew 0 clock 37.9KHz
v: height 400 start 401 end 404 total 445 clock 85.1Hz
640x350 (0x59) 31.5MHz +HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 672 end 736 total 832 skew 0 clock 37.9KHz
v: height 350 start 382 end 385 total 445 clock 85.1Hz
HDMI-1 connected 1360x768+0+0 (0x41) normal (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
Identifier: 0x3d
Timestamp: 1278799
Subpixel: unknown
Clones: HDMI-2
CRTC: 0
CRTCs: 0 1
1360x768 (0x41) 84.8MHz -HSync +VSync *current
h: width 1360 start 1432 end 1568 total 1776 skew 0 clock 47.7KHz
v: height 768 start 771 end 781 total 798 clock 59.8Hz
1152x864 (0x48) 81.6MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1152 start 1216 end 1336 total 1520 skew 0 clock 53.7KHz
v: height 864 start 865 end 868 total 895 clock 60.0Hz
1024x768 (0x4c) 65.0MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 1024 start 1048 end 1184 total 1344 skew 0 clock 48.4KHz
v: height 768 start 771 end 777 total 806 clock 60.0Hz
800x600 (0x51) 40.0MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 840 end 968 total 1056 skew 0 clock 37.9KHz
v: height 600 start 601 end 605 total 628 clock 60.3Hz
640x480 (0x56) 25.2MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 640 start 656 end 752 total 800 skew 0 clock 31.5KHz
v: height 480 start 490 end 492 total 525 clock 59.9Hz
HDMI-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Identifier: 0x3e
Timestamp: 1278799
Subpixel: unknown
Clones: HDMI-1
CRTCs: 0 1
xorg.conf is here
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Touchpad" "SendCoreEvents"
Option "AIGLX" "true"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
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 "GLcore"
Load "xtrap"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
# Load "record"
Load "dbe"
Load "freetype"
Load "synaptics"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "thinkpad60"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" #/dev/input/mouse0
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
# Option "TouchpadOff" "1" #Uncomment if you just want to disable the touchpad and use only the trackpoint
# Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0" #Why is this in here by default. By Gods, it kill horizontal scrolling!
Option "RightEdge" "5500" #This is a little bigger than the default narrowing the scroll region
Option "BottomEdge" "4500" #This is a little bigger than the default narrowing the scroll region
Option "RTCornerButton" "0" #disable Right Top corner "button"
Option "RBCornerButton" "0" #disable Right Bottom corner "button"
Option "SHMConfig" "on" #this allows configuration of the touchpad using qsynaptics, synclient, or what have you.
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
DisplaySize 304.8 190.5 # 120 dpi @1440x900
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Option "NoDDC" "true" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "Mobile Integrated Graphics Controller"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
Option "AccelMethod" "xaa"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
Option "DRI" "true"
Option "FramebufferCompression" "false"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1440x900" "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600"
Virtual 2960 1024
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group "video"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
and now i am using awesome wm. any ideas? Thank you!!

konni wrote:
how many monitors do you want to plugin? three? like damjan said, not sure if that works at all.
or are the hdmi outputs idle and you're just trying to plug in a second screen?
whats the exact problem? no output on that screen at all? or mirroring the internal one? in that case, try
xrandr --output VGA --right-of LVDS
(or left-of...)
can you plug that monitor in with hdmi? (adapter/etc) you might try that as well, maybe just the vga fails.
wow.. thank you konni... and thank damjan
i turned off HDMI-1, then I could get VGA work!
now i have dual screens, pretty cool.

Using Keynote with Podcast Capture and Dual Screens

Hi everyone,
We are trying to use a dual screen setup to record some Keynote presentations using Podcast Capture (i.e Dual mode, with the Keynote presentation in one screen and the presenter in the other).
The problem we are having is that when in full screen mode, Keynote takes control of both displays, thus stopping the Podcast application from being displayed. Even if we switch off the Presenter Display on the second screen, the second screen turns black.
I know we can start and stop recording with hotkeys, but we would prefer to be able to see the Capture app in one window with the presentation full screen in the other.
Perhaps this is just an oversight on Apple's part, but I'm finding it hard to believe its not possible. If anyone else has a workaround then please share.
Thanks.

Other applications are not visible when Keynote is playing back. Keynote takes over control of the graphics system when playing back presentations to enable Keynote to display properly.
When I play back Keynote and I want to look at a second application, I use a second Mac.

MSI gtx 570 twin frozr III - Dual Screen Windowed mode issues

Ok, so... I was running a solo monitor 1440x900 resolution, i recently purchased a brand new asus 24 inch 1900x1080 monitor. Basically what is happening is when i play WoW or Battlefield 3 in windowed mode on the 1080p monitor the colors are not perfect. When i go full-screen on the new monitor no issues, but that is not what i want to have to live with. When i say the colors are not perfect what i mean is, for example when i look @ the sky instead of being a smooth transition or blend from one shade of the sky to the next it is bars or stripes of each shade as if i am looking at the sky in 8 bit color instead of 32 bit color. Another thing to note is that when i login to windows 7 the blue screen where i input the password has the same effect. The 1440x900 monitor is running everything just fine. the only issue is with the 1080p monitor.
I am using DVI cabling for both, and have swapped them around to see if that was the issue, and sadly it is not. I am running the updated gpu driver, which i uninstalled and re-downloaded and installed again tonight.
When i use the HDMI cable, that fixes the issue but i need the HDMI for my 42 inch tv.
Also in windows, just to cover my bases with this post, i have the native resolutions properly configured, as well as in the game for the given monitor it is being played on.
Anyone know of a fix for this?
i7 2600k
asus PBZ68-v Pro/Gen3
Msi gtx 570
Samsung syncmaster 953bw (1440x900)
Asus VS248 (1900x1080)
I am more than happy to re-explain anything that may not be as descriptive or clear to you just let me know!
EDIT!
When i run the 24 inch 1080p new monitor as my only monitor on the system, everything runs perfectly...
Edit #2
Ok so i have pin pointed a possible cause
This msi gtx 570 struggles with operating multiple displays with different resolutions, while dual screening with my 1080p television and the 1080p display, everything runs as expected. Having to also render a 1440x900 display is probably the reason i am having the graphic issues. Is there any type of utility, setting, or other fix to this type issue? also this gpu is certainly less than 2 weeks since i purchased i could get a different card to remedy this... any suggestion? if you suggest a different card can you say so with certainty that it will work properly under the condition in which 2 resolutions will be required?

Ok, the problem is fixed and Svet i skipped a step or two. I installed the new driver with the clean install to save time for an initial attempt. What is interesting is that with the Geforce driver, only one 1920x1080 resolution was available
The msi driver gave me 2 options, 1920x1080 and 1920x1080 (native). The latter resolution fixed the issue for whatever reason.
The solution to this problem is so easy, when i purchased battlefield 3 it prompted me to download the geforce.com driver and i did not think anything of it at the time, lesson learned.

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I have been using dual screens with no problems until I installed PS CS5. Now when I drag an image onto the secondary screen the canvas goes black as soon as I relsease the mouse. I can see the rulers etc. and when dragging across the diaplay the image can be seen but as soon as I 'let go' it's blacked out. The really frustrating thing is that this doesn't happen in AI or Dreamweaver (or indeed any other program!).
So far I have
Reset the monitors
when changed to show the same on both screens (clone) the image can be seen perfectly ok on both screens
when the secondary monitor is made the primary the problem remains (i.e. the PS image is blacked out on that monitor)
Checked for updates for the monitors (none needed)
Checked CS5 up to date (no updates required)
Checked for graphics card updates (none needed) - NVidia GeForce 8600 GTS
Uninstalled and re installed PS
Pointed in an annoyed manner at the useless window open on my secondary screen
Is there something simple that I have mistakenly chosen that is preventing the use of my secondary screen?

Check to see if nVidia has released an updated driver for your hardware. Go to their web site to check.
Unfortunately, from my observations nVidia may have neglected to keep their driver quality up with later releases for the 8600 GT. I have reports from some of my own customers using my OpenGL software that the driver is troublesome, and have actually reported better results from an older driver version than the very latest release.
Other things you can try to work around the problem:
In Photoshop, Edit - Preferences - Performance, [Advanced...] and change to Basic mode.
Try disabling OpenGL drawing entirely. If that corrects the issue it's almost a certainty that the nVidia driver is at fault.
-Noel

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