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Screen screen-num "screen-id" position-information
One of these entries must be given for each screen being used in a
session. The screen-id field is mandatory, and specifies the Screen
section being referenced. The screen-num field is optional, and may
be used to specify the screen number in multi-head configurations.
When this field is omitted, the screens will be numbered in the order
that they are listed in. The numbering starts from 0, and must be
consecutive. The position-information field describes the way multi-
ple screens are positioned. There are a number of different ways that
this information can be provided:
x y
Absolute x y
These both specify that the upper left corner's coordinates are
(x,y). The Absolute keyword is optional. Some older versions of
Xorg (4.2 and earlier) don't recognise the Absolute keyword, so
it's safest to just specify the coordinates without it.
RightOf "screen-id"
LeftOf "screen-id"
Above "screen-id"
Below "screen-id"
Relative "screen-id" x y
These give the screen's location relative to another screen. The
first four position the screen immediately to the right, left,
above or below the other screen. When positioning to the right or
left, the top edges are aligned. When positioning above or below,
the left edges are aligned. The Relative form specifies the off-
set of the screen's origin (upper left corner) relative to the
origin of another screen.
well i checked all that, I think I have it right, but still, two exactely same screens apear, the mouse moves on both screens the same way and so on....
Ok, I think your problem here is your BusID entries, they are both commented out. So X is using the default, which is the first card it finds.
Stop X from running, and run "Xorg -scanpci"
This will list the BusID's for all the vid cards that X finds, then put these figures into the relevant "Device" section.
This is all covered in the link I gave you. It is a little out of date (and applies to Xfree instead of Xorg) but the info is still relevant...
(i did that before but tryed to installed it from a console running in KDE, didnt work, but than i tryed from tty2 and i could install them. sounds strange, i know, but i am almost sure i didnt change anything else to make it work.)
unfortunately my tty1 and tty2 dont work anymore! (you know the thing you enter with ctrl + alt + Fx, virtual console yes?)
(oh, and I only have two of em, so dont ask if tty3 or something like it work... ;-) )
unfortunately my tty1 and tty2 dont work anymore! (you know the thing you enter with ctrl + alt + Fx, virtual console yes?)
(oh, and I only have two of em, so dont ask if tty3 or something like it work... ;-) )
any ideas about that?
Check xorg.conf for 'Option "DontVTSwitch"' and make sure it is commented out.
I assume they were working fine before you installed these new drivers? If so it may be an issue with your vid card. How exactly are they "not working"?
By default Slackware only has a console under F6 if you use runlevel 4 (boot into GUI).
This can be modified in /etc/inittab. Look for the lines starting with c1 .. c6 and modify them.
i know slackware has only a console on F6 in runlevel 4 by default,
I changed it in inittab to have two consoles, one on F1 and one on F2.
seems like the problem is really due to the new mga drivers. with the old drivers I had the consoles plus X on F7, but as I mentioned two identical desktop on both connected Monitors. So now with the new drivers I have an extended Desktop over both screens, but no consoles anymore.
just saw that I started this thread some while ago.
I have found a work around, it is quite ugly etc, but it works and I guess I wont be using my G550 for long anymore... :-)
so the trick is to have an xorg.conf file without Xinerama that is used to start the pc. So what you will see are the two identical screens.
Now you switch to a console and change the xorg.conf to one with xinerama options.
Restart your X-server and Xinerama works.
I do not have any idea what-so-ever why this is the case...
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