[OpenIndiana-discuss] Multiple monitor support

[Rick C. Hodgin]

There isn't an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file already.  And OI comes up and
displays just fine, but only on one monitor.  If I try to use both it gives
me an error that my virtual size is too small (1920x1200, needs to be
3600x1200).  The fixes online I've seen say it needs a line added to
xorg.conf setting the larger virtual size.  Sounds good... but, since I
don't have an xorg.conf already... what do I do to have it create one
that's correct so I can alter it?  I installed x-server utilities and I see
xrandr is there, along with several others.  Can I use some sequence to get
it to generate a valid xorg.conf file?

I realize this is more of an X question than OpenIndiana.  So, I don't mind
going somewhere else if need be.  I've never had good luck with X unless it
just worked out of the box, which is mostly has. :-)

Best regards,
Rick C. Hodgin


On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Krzysztof Grzempa <grzempek at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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