[OpenIndiana-discuss] Multiple monitor support

[Krzysztof Grzempa]

RIck,

I wrote before that you can always try vesa driver which should work to run
graphical environment.

2015-09-11 23:40 GMT+02:00 ken mays via openindiana-discuss <
openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org>:

> Rick,
>
> Try this (and this depends if you are using the Xorg ATI driver (radeon
> driver, make sure it is functioning correctly):
>
> --> xorg.conf
>
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Configured Video Device"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "DVI-0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "DVI-1"
> Option "RightOf" "DVI-0"
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> DefaultDepth    24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth     24
> Virtual   2880 2880
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> ----->
>
> Also, see:
> http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26502_01/html/E28056/gmcdj.html
>
> We have not upgraded the kernel radeon DRM so it is a hit-or-miss on
> OI-hipster but you can do this on Solaris/OpenSolaris releases.
>
> Enjoy,
> Ken
>
>
> > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Rick C. Hodgin <
> rick.c.hodgin at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I was able to reboot into the other boot menu option (not openindiana-1,
> >> but something about development) and get it to work.  But, I'm back in
> my
> >> old configuration now before the update.
> >>
> >> How can I copy over the X settings from this boot menu configuration to
> >> the openindiana-1 menu configuration?
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >> Rick C. Hodgin
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 10:29 PM, Rick C. Hodgin <
> rick.c.hodgin at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 6:40 PM, John D Groenveld <
> >>> jdg117 at elvis.arl.psu.edu> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> In message <CAAGy7qiKSTfTOTykNOSX6AuXhQgnWdw2ptt_azH8O=+
> >>>> sAYny7g at mail.gmail.com>
> >>>> , "Rick C. Hodgin" writes:
> >>>>> I then went to reboot, but X isn't coming back up.  The OpenIndiana
> red
> >>>> bar
> >>>>> goes across repeatedly.  When I finally press a key (numlock) it goes
> >>>> to a
> >>>>> text terminal.  I can login and do things, but no X.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I tried svcadm enable gdm but no go.  So what'd I do wrong? :-)
> >>>>
> >>>> Possibly a misconfiguration in /etc/X11/xorg.conf that might
> >>>> be indicated in /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> >>>>
> >>>> John
> >>>> groenveld at acm.org
> >>>>
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> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> I have been unable to get X to start back up in a usable form.  It
> seems
> >>> to startup, but I can't see anything except a black screen.  I tried
> >>> renaming the /root/xorg.conf.new file it created to be rick.rick.new
> so it
> >>> wouldn't load, but that didn't seem to make any difference.
> >>>
> >>> I can boot into OpenIndiana right now, but all I get is a text-based
> >>> console window.  X seems to be broken, but I don't know how to undo
> >>> whatever the "Xorg :0 -configure" command did, because renaming the
> >>> xorg.conf.new to rick.rick.new didn't do it.
> >>>
> >>> Any thoughts?
> >>>
> >>> Best regards,
> >>> Rick C. Hodgin
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
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