*** This page is continually being modified to try to keep up with newer versions of OS's and as I find better ways of doing this :) ***
There are two ways to do this, the easy way that sometimes works and the hard way that sometimes works. Good luck. Most Dual-monitor Friendly Distros (and how to set it up)Kubuntu/Ubuntu 8.04 or 8.10sudo apt-get install fglrx-amdcccleamdcccle OpenSUSE 11.2KDE Main Menu -> Personal Settings -> DisplayMake your settings look the way mine do in the picture. I think this is the only Linux distribution I've tried where dual monitors just works out of the box. My hat off to Novell. Less Friendly Distros (with instructions)You should be duely warned that if you've never done this before there is a good chance you will not be able to set this up. If you have done this before you probably will not be able to do it in under an hour. This way is tricky because there are a few different ways to do this and there is no guarantee that they will work. I've frequently found that even after following a step-by-step process, I still have to fiddle around and research stuff before it will work. If you don't feel confident in your Linux and/or X11 skills, I'd strongly advise either 1 monitor or using one of the distributions listed above. I've included several x11 conf files to be referred to at the bottom of this page.openSUSE 11.0Follow the directions found here. There is a good chance you don't have to change the driver configuration.Ubuntu 8.04 or Kubuntu 8.10 (xrandr with some aticonfig)
I have not tried this yet, but I believe this is how you have to configure dual monitors for the newer versions of this distribution. I'm personally still running Kubuntu 8.10 X64 because I really don't want to deal with this. However, I've configured dual montitors this way for both of these distributions so I know it works for these. I assume it will work for later version as well.Make sure your proprietary ATI drivers are installed by typing: sudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx It will either install or tell you it is already installed. sudo aticonfig --initial=dual-head --screen-layout=right. This made some changes to the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file but didn't actually work. You need to change the following lines below: Screen "aticonfig-Screen[0]-1" RightOf "Default Screen" to # Screen "aticonfig-Screen[0]-1" RightOf "Default Screen" where you see something like this: Section "Screen"
xrandr This should print out information about all monitors connected to this computer. Included this is the indentifiers of the monitors. You'll want to replace VGA-0 and LVDS with whatever identifiers are used.
RedHat 5.2 and I think Fedora 10
Red Hat's instructions did not work for me and I suspect also will not work for other people using ATI Graphic Cards. Fortunately, I found a work around:
You may need to restart your computer here. sudo aticonfig --dtop=horizontal --overlay-on=1
Linkshttp://en.opensuse.org/Multiple_Displays_Using_XRandRhttp://navetz.com/v/132/Simple-dual-monitor-setup-with-XrandR-in-Ubuntu-Linux |
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