[OpenIndiana-discuss] Multiple monitor support

[Rick C. Hodgin]

Where is my xorg.conf file supposed to be?  I searched my entire drive for
one and could not find it, only a reference to xorg.conf.4, which was
documentation for the manual.

I am using an ATI video card, and someone suggested that may be the issue
(not Intel or Nvidia).

Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin


On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Jim Klimov <jimklimov at cos.ru> wrote:

> 8 сентября 2015 г. 19:07:32 CEST, "Rick C. Hodgin" <
> rick.c.hodgin at gmail.com> пишет:
> >That should read "in OpenIndiana" and not "in OpenSolaris"... my
> >mistake.
> >:-)
> >
> >Best regards,
> >Rick C. Hodgin
> >
> >
> >On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Rick C. Hodgin
> ><rick.c.hodgin at gmail.com>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I have a Gigabyte motherboard with an integrated ATI Radeon GPU.  It
> >works
> >> properly in OpenSolaris.  However, I have two monitors.  If I mirror
> >them
> >> the screen displays on both.  If I try to set them separately, I get
> >the
> >> error "required virtual size dose not fit available size".  It shows
> >me
> >> 1920,1920 for the maximum virtual size, and it needs 3600x1200.
> >>
> >> What can I do to correct this?  I searched online and found several
> >Linux
> >> solutions.  They say add the virtual size line to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
> > I
> >> tried that, rebooted, and X wouldn't start.  I removed xorg.conf and
> >> rebooted and I'm back to where I started.
> >>
> >> TYIA!
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Rick C. Hodgin
> >>
> >>
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>
> I think in your xorg.conf you should have several Display and Monitor
> clauses, and some clause to combine them intona large canvas.
>
> Something similar works for me in OI Hipster running as a VirtualBox guest
> under Windows - there I have variably one or two displays (laptop +
> ext.mon. at work), and OI with VBox switch it around quite well. There are
> quirks, e.g. I can't get it to remember which display is left and which is
> right, especially as I switch the VM from two fullscreens into a seamless
> mode. But the engine mostly works and is useful anyhow ;)
>
> However, I did not dig deep into xorg files and used the Screen Resolution
> wizard instead.
>
> BTW, does your Radeon work as such, or as a VESA VGA (like my APU =
> CPU+GPU chip on another laptop)? Does standby work for you? :-)
>
> Jim
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