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Old 05-04-2009, 04:07 PM   #1
Sanva
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Question Problems with dual head mode (ATI)


Hi!

I have one Acer TravelMate 6592 with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT HyperMemory running an LinuxMint 6 (Ubuntu 8.10 based system).

I use this system with a dual head configuration: I have the laptop monitor and an external one. The two screens are independent i.e. I can't move windows from one of then to the other. But this isn't the problem, because —for example— these way I can change the working areas independently —with Xinerama I couldn't.

But in the external monitor I have a lot of problems. For example:
  • If I have gnome-do running It doesn't work —i.e. it doesn't appears when I press Super + Space— if the focus are in the external monitor.
  • If I have Firefox running in the laptop monitor and I try to load a link in the external one —i.e. a program try to call Firefox for a new window or tab to load an URL— it tells me that Firefox is already running but it doesn't work [reply, respond... I do not know the suitable word in English].
  • The gnome-panel applets doesn't work fine in the external monitor. For example, the notification area doesn't show anything.

Someone could help me??

This is my xorg.conf:

Quote:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
Screen "aticonfig-Screen[0]-1" RightOf "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "es"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-1"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-1"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-1"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-1"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Thanks a lot for your time.
 
  


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