Font antialiasing in Terminal with Dual Screen setup

I am reposting basically the same problem found here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1472322 because I didn't find any solution browsing through the board.
Basically the problem is this:
1. Using only the laptop screen I have no problem. If I launch terminal with a single screen and then connect a second monitor I still have no problem.
2. If I then quit terminal and relaunch it it's like the font loses some antialiasing, it's much more thinner.
3. If I disconnect the second monitor it doesn't fix itself, I have to quit and relaunch terminal.

emeres wrote:
Does running the applications with DISPLAY variable help?
env DISPLAY=:0.1 pcsx
Setting the gaming monitor as primary output with xrandr might also help, if you get it running again. Take a look at dmesg about any warnings or errors and what modules are loaded.
I actually just started experimenting with DISPLAY, and it works how I want it to. I'm going to play with that a little bit (write scripts to launch my programs on that screen) to get the result I want. So, I think this issue is solved. Thanks.

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1776x1000 50.00 59.94 50.00 59.94
1680x1050 50.00 59.95
1400x1050 50.00 59.98
1600x900 50.00 60.00
1280x1024 50.00 60.02
1440x900 50.00 59.89
1280x960 50.00 60.02
1280x800 50.00 59.81
1152x864 50.00 59.96
1280x768 50.00 59.81
1280x720 60.00 50.00 59.94
1024x768 50.00 60.00
1152x648 50.00 59.94
800x600 50.00 60.32
720x480 50.00 60.00 59.94
640x480 50.00 60.00 59.94
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1776x1000 50.00 59.94 50.00 59.94
1680x1050 50.00 59.95
1400x1050 50.00 59.98
1600x900 50.00 60.00
1280x1024 50.00 60.02
1440x900 50.00 59.89
1280x960 50.00 60.02
1280x800 50.00 59.81
1152x864 50.00 59.96
1280x768 50.00 59.81
1280x720 60.00 50.00 59.94
1024x768 50.00 60.00
1152x648 50.00 59.94
800x600 50.00 60.32
720x480 50.00 60.00 59.94
640x480 50.00 60.00 59.94
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1280x960 75.02 60.02
1152x864 75.00 60.02
1280x768 75.02 60.02
1280x720 75.02 60.02
1024x768 85.00 75.03 70.07 60.00
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Identifier "aticonfig Layout"
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EndSection
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Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
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Option "TargetRefresh" "60"
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Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
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Option "Monitor-DFP2" "0-DFP2"
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Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-1"
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BusID "PCI:0:1:0"
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Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Virtual 3200 3200
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-1"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
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http://pastebin.com/ki5A0T7R
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echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
menuentry 'Arch Linux, with Linux linux (fallback initramfs)' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-linux-fallback-e36984ca-21d8-4191-ba2f-a09bf8ce6f88' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 128c8e95-9496-49d1-9a9e-bc886662258d
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 128c8e95-9496-49d1-9a9e-bc886662258d
fi
echo 'Loading Linux linux ...'
linux /vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=e36984ca-21d8-4191-ba2f-a09bf8ce6f88 rw quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initramfs-linux-fallback.img
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/60_memtest86+ ###
### END /etc/grub.d/60_memtest86+ ###
And my fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# /dev/sda2 resto del disco
UUID=e36984ca-21d8-4191-ba2f-a09bf8ce6f88 / ext4 defaults,noatime,discard 0 1
# /dev/sda1 100MB
UUID=128c8e95-9496-49d1-9a9e-bc886662258d /boot ext4 defaults,noatime,discard 0 2
# /dev/sdc2 10GB
UUID=3959515c-30e4-4749-bc30-5babba3311e8 /var ext4 defaults 0 2
# /dev/sdc3 resto del disco
UUID=8ccc2ed9-35e5-4a4f-81f1-98cc8bfc4ed1 /home ext4 defaults,noatime 0 2
# /dev/sdc1
UUID=35e39da9-c942-434d-bbfc-deb5e40ee8be none swap defaults 0 0
#montaje de temp en ram
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nodev,nosuid,size=3G 0 0
# External HDD
UUID=0ae5eb6a-8c4c-480c-8efe-609ae83f2bdc /media/External\040HDD ext4 defaults 0 0
# Seagate Expansion Drive
UUID=16668D4B668D2C95 /media/Seagate\040Expansion\040Driventfs-3g defaults,nofail 0 0
What else should I check?
Thanks in advance.
Edit: added info
Edit2: more tests.
Last edited by doblerone (2015-03-31 08:12:38)

Rexilion wrote:Maybe try looking at /var/log/pacman.log and see if you can downgrade packages (start with the kernel). See if that works around the problem.
Downgrading catalyst to 14.3 seems to have done the job. Thanks for the suggestion, marking as solved.
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Need help with dual monitor setup for KDE 3.5.5.

Here's my hardware:
NEC MultiSync LCD 1530V: 1024x768 (analog)
Samsung SyncMaster 941BW: 1440x900 (digital)
nVidia Dual head AGP video card.
The dual monitor works under dual-boot Windows, boot up and pure Linux console. I've googled around for help, changed my xorg.conf file accordingly to some sites, but it wasn't much help.
Here's my working xorg.conf:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Simple Layout"
Screen "Screen 1" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "kbd"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto" # Auto detect
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "NEC LCD1530V"
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
Driver "vga"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce"
Monitor "NEC LCD1530V"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Using this xorg.conf file, only my NEC LCD analog monitor could display KDE while the Samsung digital can't.
Any suggestions?

Thanks for your help guys, I'm halfway there.
The second monitor shows the KDE desktop, but it isn't exactly what I expected. Right now, both monitors display at 1024x768 (each) or 2048x768 (total). The larger monitor stretches and distorts the display of 1024x768 to its natural resolution at 1440x900 and it isn't what I wanted. Other than that, the dual desktop setup behaves what I expected to.
Here's a snippet of my xorg.conf that currently works:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "NEC LCD1530V"
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Samsung SyncMaster"
HorizSync 31.5 - 60
VertRefresh 60.0 - 70.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
#VideoRam 131072
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "TwinView" "true"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-50"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "60"
# Option "MetaModes" "1440x900, 1440x900; 1024x768, 1024x768"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce"
Monitor "NEC LCD1530V"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 2"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce"
Monitor "Samsung SyncMaster"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
Modes "1440x900"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Anyone have an idea?
EDIT: Oh snaps. I just did a pacman -Syu and it upgraded Arch Linux to 0.8 and the 2nd monitor stopped working.

Any one help me with dual screen?

I am trying to get my LCD monitor work, which is plugged in VGA.
However, when i using "xrandr --output VGA --auto" to set it up, i get this failure "xrandr: cannot find crtc for output VGA"
i am using intel graphic card, and the result of "xrandr -q --verbose" is as follows,
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1440 x 900, maximum 2960 x 1024
VGA connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Identifier: 0x3b
Timestamp: 1278799
Subpixel: unknown
Clones:
CRTCs: 0 1
1360x768 (0x41) 84.8MHz -HSync +VSync
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
1440x900 (0x3f) 101.6MHz
h: width 1440 start 1488 end 1520 total 1824 skew 0 clock 55.7KHz
v: height 900 start 903 end 909 total 926 clock 60.2Hz
LVDS connected 1440x900+0+0 (0x3f) normal (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
Identifier: 0x3c
Timestamp: 1278799
Subpixel: horizontal rgb
Clones:
CRTC: 1
CRTCs: 1
PANEL_FITTING: full
supported: center full_aspect full
BACKLIGHT_CONTROL: kernel
supported: native legacy combination kernel
BACKLIGHT: 15 (0x0000000f) range: (0,15)
1440x900 (0x3f) 101.6MHz *current +preferred
h: width 1440 start 1488 end 1520 total 1824 skew 0 clock 55.7KHz
v: height 900 start 903 end 909 total 926 clock 60.2Hz
1440x900 (0x40) 106.5MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1440 start 1520 end 1672 total 1904 skew 0 clock 55.9KHz
v: height 900 start 903 end 909 total 934 clock 59.9Hz
1360x768 (0x41) 84.8MHz -HSync +VSync
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 (0x42) 143.5MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1152 start 1232 end 1360 total 1568 skew 0 clock 91.5KHz
v: height 864 start 865 end 868 total 915 clock 100.0Hz
1152x864 (0x43) 121.5MHz +HSync -VSync
h: width 1152 start 1216 end 1344 total 1568 skew 0 clock 77.5KHz
v: height 864 start 865 end 868 total 911 clock 85.1Hz
1152x864 (0x44) 119.7MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1152 start 1224 end 1352 total 1552 skew 0 clock 77.1KHz
v: height 864 start 865 end 868 total 907 clock 85.0Hz
1152x864 (0x45) 108.0MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1152 start 1216 end 1344 total 1600 skew 0 clock 67.5KHz
v: height 864 start 865 end 868 total 900 clock 75.0Hz
1152x864 (0x46) 105.0MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1152 start 1224 end 1352 total 1552 skew 0 clock 67.6KHz
v: height 864 start 865 end 868 total 902 clock 75.0Hz
1152x864 (0x47) 96.8MHz -HSync +VSync
h: width 1152 start 1224 end 1344 total 1536 skew 0 clock 63.0KHz
v: height 864 start 865 end 868 total 900 clock 70.0Hz
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 (0x49) 94.5MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1024 start 1072 end 1168 total 1376 skew 0 clock 68.7KHz
v: height 768 start 769 end 772 total 808 clock 85.0Hz
1024x768 (0x4a) 78.8MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 1024 start 1040 end 1136 total 1312 skew 0 clock 60.0KHz
v: height 768 start 769 end 772 total 800 clock 75.0Hz
1024x768 (0x4b) 75.0MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 1024 start 1048 end 1184 total 1328 skew 0 clock 56.5KHz
v: height 768 start 771 end 777 total 806 clock 70.1Hz
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
832x624 (0x4d) 57.3MHz -HSync -VSync
h: width 832 start 864 end 928 total 1152 skew 0 clock 49.7KHz
v: height 624 start 625 end 628 total 667 clock 74.6Hz
800x600 (0x4e) 56.3MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 832 end 896 total 1048 skew 0 clock 53.7KHz
v: height 600 start 601 end 604 total 631 clock 85.1Hz
800x600 (0x4f) 50.0MHz +HSync +VSync
h: width 800 start 856 end 976 total 1040 skew 0 clock 48.1KHz
v: height 600 start 637 end 643 total 666 clock 72.2Hz
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.

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I am running an iMac 3.06 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 512 VRAM. I also use an external monitor connected via HDMI. When I run Color using dual screens the picture shows almost only black, and what isn't black is so saturated I can barely discern what the picture is. Does anyone know why this is happening and/or how I can fix it?

I'm not sure Color works properly with monitors connected in that manner. Color isn't accurate without proper monitoring, and you can't get proper monitoring with an iMac. By proper monitoring I mean an HDTV or broadcast monitor being fed a VIDEO signal via a hardware capture card (AJA, Decklink, Matrox). You can't get capture cards to work on iMacs, therefore you cannot properly monitor a video signal.
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I'm assuming the monitor you are using is being fed a converted HDMI signal...converted from the DVI or Mini Display port on the computer. Well, that is a computer signal...not a video one. There's a difference. So this setup will not work...not with Color.
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[Solved] Catalyst graphical glitches with dual head setup

Hello all, having a weird issue with my dual monitor setup where graphical glitches make my primary monitor completely unusable. The Tear Free feature of the proprietary catalyst driver is what seems to be causing it:
Tear Free enabled:
Tear Free disabled:
I can safely enable it with one monitor disabled also. The issue is that without Tear Free enabled, I'm experiencing some serious screen tearing when watching videos and playing games.
My video card is the XFX HD 7970 Double D and I'm using the latest version of catalyst (14.4), installed from Vi0L0's repo. The monitors are the same model with the same specs (1920x1200 @60Hz). I definitely used to be able to use Tear Free with my dual head setup at most a month ago, so some update at some point must have broken it. I temporarily switched back to the open source driver before I had found Tear Free to be the culprit and the performance is still hardly comparable.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Last edited by bheinks (2014-05-15 02:38:45)

Rexilion wrote:Maybe try looking at /var/log/pacman.log and see if you can downgrade packages (start with the kernel). See if that works around the problem.
Downgrading catalyst to 14.3 seems to have done the job. Thanks for the suggestion, marking as solved.
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anyone might have any ideas and enlighten me on this issue?
thanks
Message was edited by: Treon

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