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Subject:    Re: triple screen setup with intel and radeon cards
From:       Brandon Sawyers <brandor5 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2013-10-23 16:59:11
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Since I sent this at almost midnight last time, I figured I'd send once
more during the day in hopes of more visibility.

Thanks,
Brandon

On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Brandon Sawyers <brandor5@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello everyone:
>
> I'm trying to get three monitors going with a built-in intel chipset and a
> discrete radeon card.
>  I have two apple cinema displays and a dell flat panel. I would like the
> two apple displays to form a single "screen" that I can drag windows back
> and forth on. The dell monitor will only be used for my monitoring solution
> and will be static all the time, so I don't need to be able to drag windows
> to/from it and the apple displays.
>
> I'm running into one of two problems.
>
> In my current config, only the graphics card I have listed first (I've
> tried swapping the order) will bring up X. The other will be blank or show
> the console depending on the card and will not even be listed in the
> Xorg.0.log file. If I have the radeon device listed first they are
> configured correctly as I have described above.
>
> If I un-comment the layout section in my xorg.conf all three screens come
> up, but the two displays connected to the radeon card will act like one
> screen. (My panel bar in KDE stretches across both screens and my yakuake
> console will drop down on both.) Not what I'm wanting to happen.
>
> I've also been able to have all three screens on at one time, but not be
> able to drag windows between any screen. (I can't remember off the top of
> my head but I believe I had this setup by splitting the radeon card into
> two device entries and adding a third screen section and having it be
> "RightOf" screen1 and moving the intel device to screen2.
>
> Is what I want possible? Can anyone help with suggestions about config
> changes?
>
> Here is the listing from lspci:
>
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core
> Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
> Caicos [Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450]
>
> Here is my current xorg.conf:
>
> ###Section "ServerLayout"
> ###     Identifier "layout0"
> ###     Screen  0 "screen0"
> ###     Screen  1 "screen1" Above "screen0"
> ###EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "screen0"
>         Device     "radeon0"
>         DefaultDepth     24
>         Monitor "apple0"
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     24
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "screen1"
>         Device     "intel"
>         DefaultDepth     24
>         Monitor "dell"
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Depth     24
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "radeon0"
>         Driver      "radeon"
>         BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
>         Option      "Monitor-DisplayPort-1" "apple0"
>         Option      "Monitor-DVI-0" "apple1"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "intel"
>         Driver      "intel"
>         BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
>         Option      "Monitor-VGA1" "dell"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "apple0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "apple1"
>         Option      "RightOf" "apple0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "dell"
>         Option      "Above" "apple0"
> EndSection
>
> Thanks for your help!
> Brandon
>

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<div dir="ltr">Since I sent this at almost midnight last time, I figured I&#39;d send \
once more during the day in hopes of more \
visibility.<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Brandon</div><div \
class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"> On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 11:06 PM, \
Brandon Sawyers <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:brandor5@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">brandor5@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hello everyone:<br><br>I&#39;m \
trying to get three monitors going with a built-in intel chipset and a discrete \
radeon card. <br></div><div> I have two apple cinema displays and a dell flat panel. \
I would like the two apple displays to form a single &quot;screen&quot; that I can \
drag windows back and forth on. The dell monitor will only be used for my monitoring \
solution and will be static all the time, so I don&#39;t need to be able to drag \
windows to/from it and the apple displays.<br>

<br></div><div>I&#39;m running into one of two problems. <br><br>In my current \
config, only the graphics card I have listed first (I&#39;ve tried swapping the \
order) will bring up X. The other will be blank or show the console depending on the \
card and will not even be listed in the Xorg.0.log file. If I have the radeon device \
listed first they are configured correctly as I have described above.<br>

<br></div><div>If I un-comment the layout section in my xorg.conf all three screens \
come up, but the two displays connected to the radeon card will act like one screen. \
(My panel bar in KDE stretches across both screens and my yakuake console will drop \
down on both.) Not what I&#39;m wanting to happen.<br>

<br></div><div>I&#39;ve also been able to have all three screens on at one time, but \
not be able to drag windows between any screen. (I can&#39;t remember off the top of \
my head but I believe I had this setup by splitting the radeon card into two device \
entries and adding a third screen section and having it be &quot;RightOf&quot; \
screen1 and moving the intel device to screen2.<br>

</div><div><br></div><div>Is what I want possible? Can anyone help with suggestions \
about config changes?<br></div><div><br></div>Here is the listing from \
lspci:<br><br>00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation \
Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)<br>

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Caicos \
[Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450]<br><br></div>Here is my current \
xorg.conf:<br><br></div><div>###Section &quot;ServerLayout&quot;<br>###     \
Identifier &quot;layout0&quot;<br>

###     Screen  0 &quot;screen0&quot;<br>###     Screen  1 &quot;screen1&quot; Above \
&quot;screen0&quot;<br>###EndSection<br><br>Section &quot;Screen&quot;<br>        \
Identifier &quot;screen0&quot;<br>        Device     &quot;radeon0&quot;<br>

        DefaultDepth     24<br>        Monitor &quot;apple0&quot;<br>        \
SubSection &quot;Display&quot;<br>                Depth     24<br>        \
EndSubSection<br>EndSection<br><br>Section &quot;Screen&quot;<br>        Identifier \
&quot;screen1&quot;<br>

        Device     &quot;intel&quot;<br>        DefaultDepth     24<br>        \
Monitor &quot;dell&quot;<br>        SubSection &quot;Display&quot;<br>                \
Depth     24<br>        EndSubSection<br>EndSection<br> <br>
Section &quot;Device&quot;<br>        Identifier  &quot;radeon0&quot;<br>        \
Driver      &quot;radeon&quot;<br>        BusID       &quot;PCI:1:0:0&quot;<br>       \
Option      &quot;Monitor-DisplayPort-1&quot; &quot;apple0&quot;<br>

        Option      &quot;Monitor-DVI-0&quot; \
&quot;apple1&quot;<br>EndSection<br><br>Section &quot;Device&quot;<br>        \
Identifier  &quot;intel&quot;<br>        Driver      &quot;intel&quot;<br>        \
BusID       &quot;PCI:0:2:0&quot;<br>

        Option      &quot;Monitor-VGA1&quot; \
&quot;dell&quot;<br>EndSection<br><br>Section &quot;Monitor&quot;<br>        \
Identifier   &quot;apple0&quot;<br>EndSection<br><br>Section &quot;Monitor&quot;<br>  \
Identifier   &quot;apple1&quot;<br>

        Option      &quot;RightOf&quot; \
&quot;apple0&quot;<br>EndSection<br><br>Section &quot;Monitor&quot;<br>        \
Identifier   &quot;dell&quot;<br>        Option      &quot;Above&quot; \
&quot;apple0&quot;<br>EndSection<br>

<br><div><div>Thanks for your help!<span class="HOEnZb"><font \
color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font \
color="#888888"><div>Brandon<br></div></font></span></div></div></div> \
</blockquote></div><br></div></div>



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