[OpenIndiana-discuss] Multiple monitor support

[Krzysztof Grzempa]

Xorg doesn't need configuration file to work, by default. If you create the
file in /etc/X11/ it will overwrite default settings..

2015-09-09 14:01 GMT+02:00 Rick C. Hodgin <rick.c.hodgin at gmail.com>:

> 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
> > --
> > Typos courtesy of K-9 Mail on my Samsung Android
> >
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