Hi,
I have a dual monitor system on a laptop. I have an external TFT 19" monitor and the laptop screen running from one ATI Radeon 9000. After finally managing to get my XFree86 configuration to work on Mandrake I have some smaller issues to deal with. I want my external 19" monitor to be set as primary however despite trying various changes to the configuration file XF86Config-4 my laptop monitor appears to be Display 1 (Screen0) and my External monitor Display 2 (Screen1). The problem is that the login manager loads of Display 1 (the laptop screen) along with most applications, this is annoying when watching full screen videos with Mplayer since it goes full screen on the laptop display and not on the external 19". It would help to know how you tell X which is the primary display, then I could set the primary display to be the external monitor.
Here is my XF86Config-4, I have tried reversing the head numbers with no effect:-
# File generated by XFdrake.
# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the XF86Config man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************
Section "Files"
# Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)
# By default, Mandrake 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of
# the X server to render fonts.
FontPath "unix/:-1"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
#DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse doesn't work
#DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # 3D layer
Load "dri" # direct rendering
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
Option "XkbOptions" ""
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "Flat Panel 1280x1024"
HorizSync 31.5-67
VertRefresh 50-75
# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563 -hsync -vsync
# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630
# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Generic"
ModelName "Flat Panel 1024x768"
HorizSync 31.5-67
VertRefresh 50-75
# Sony Vaio C1(X,XS,VE,VN)?
# 1024x480 @ 85.6 Hz, 48 kHz hsync
ModeLine "1024x480" 65.00 1024 1032 1176 1344 480 488 494 563
-hsync -vsync
# TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
# 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630
# 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "device0"
BoardName "ATI Radeon"
Driver "radeon"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "device1"
BoardName "ATI Radeon"
Driver "radeon"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "device1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 1280 256
Screen 1 "Screen1"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT, LVDS"
Option "Xinerama" "on"
Option "CloneMode" "off"
Option "Clone" "off"
EndSection
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
Setting Primary Monitor
