Setting up independant dual-head configuration in the usual way?

I'm preparing to set up a dual monitor system pretty soon using an ATI Radeon card. I went through the wiki and read what the ATI page has to say:
Independent dual-headed setups can be configured the usual way
The problem is that it gives no indication of what the usual way is.  I vaguely have an idea that I might need xinerama, but couldn't find a wiki page on that either... I've also tried googling with limited results.
Is anyone able to let me know of a good resource for this?
Last edited by phunni (2011-12-26 20:15:38)

Check this out:  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg
I'm using a radeon 6870 with kde and in my case I was able to set up my dual screens using Settings > System Settings > Hardware > Display and Monitor > Size & Orientation, clicking Save as Default once I had things set up the way I wanted made the settings permanent
If you're going to use Ati's catalyst control center driver then you should probably also read this page:  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI_Catalyst

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