[Watford] Separate VGA Display

Neel Upadhyaya bahulneel at gmail.com
Sat Dec 8 12:26:17 GMT 2007


try
ls /var/log/Xorg.*

On 08/12/2007, CLIFF DEAMER <cliff.g3ndc at btinternet.com> wrote:
> I can't find that one. Location please
> cliff
>
> Neel Upadhyaya <bahulneel at gmail.com> wrote:
>  can you send us you Xorg.0.log file please?
>
> On 08/12/2007, CLIFF DEAMER wrote:
> > Thanks to all for your useful comments;
> > Yes, I do have a Hot Key configuration for display switching. Function key
> > (Fn) plus F10, this worked OK in Windows before I formatted the disk and
> set
> > it up as a Linux only machine.
> > I did try the Fn + F10 combination before I asked the question.
> > To check the obvious I did an update on xorg.conf which made no
> difference.
> > I am not using "fglrx"
> > xorg.conf shows I have the ATI driver. This is what the relevant section
> of
> > the file looks like::
> >
> > Section "Device"
> > Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M4 AGP"
> > Driver "ati"
> > BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Monitor"
> > Identifier "Generic Monitor"
> > Option "DPMS"
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "Screen"
> > Identifier "Default Screen"
> > Device "ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M4 AGP"
> > Monitor "Generic Monitor"
> > DefaultDepth 24
> > SubSection "Display"
> > Modes "1024x768"
> > EndSubSection
> > EndSection
> >
> > Section "ServerLayout"
> > Identifier "Default Layout"
> > Screen "Default Screen"
> > InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
> > InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
> >
> > To answer Yvan's question; I would prefer to have the additional (LCD)
> > display dual headed but right now I would settle for it just working!
> > Any further suggestions would be appreciated.
> > Cliff
> >
> >
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