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Subject: Re: Getting dual monitors to work on Gnome 2.26.1
From: Puvi Ganeshar <puvismail () gmail ! com>
Date: 2009-07-22 8:36:02
Message-ID: 1e8b67a30907220136l1c240428rd338f16196827711 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Thanks very much for your help.
I have managed to resolve this by running sudo gnome-display-properties on
the command prompt and un-checking the "Mirror screens" check box and
clicking "Apply" button.
So why did this not work via System -> Preferences -> Display ? Could it a
permission problem as on the command prompt, I ran it with sudo.
Puvi
2009/7/21 ritz <khadgaray@gmail.com>
> Hi
>
> On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 09:04 +0100, Puvi Ganeshar wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I am trying to get dual monitors (2 identical HP L1940T) working on my
> > machine but I am not having any luch at all.
> >
> > I am not having the 2 screens as one virtual screen as it's mirroring
> > one other currently.
> >
> > I go to System -> Preferences -> Display, I can see the "Mirror
> > screens" check box checked. So I uncheck this box and click Apply,
> > then I get a pop-up saying
> > "Monitor Resolution Settings has detected that the virtual resolution
> > must be set in your configuration file in order to apply your
> > settings.
> >
> > Would you like Screen Resolution to set the virtual resolution for
> > you? (Recommended"
> >
> > When I answer "Yes" to this and get the following error:
> >
> > "Your settings cannot be applied because the virtual resolution is not
> > big enough to contain your screens"
> >
> > So I am really stuck at this point so I turned to Google for help and
> > found there are couple of people had the same problem but
> > unfortunately the found no resolution.
>
> <snip/>
> This is not a issue with gnome, but rather with Xorg. Update
> "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" file to reflect as shown below
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Card0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> Virtual 3200 1500
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Try sending in a talking to your distribution
> "list" ( fedora-list/ubuntu forums/... ) .
>
> --
> Ritesh Khadgaray
> Linux and Desktop
> Ph: +919970164885
> blog: http://khadgaray.blogspot.com
> Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway.
>
>
--
~Puvi
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Thanks very much for your help.
<br>
<br>
<br>I have managed to resolve this by running sudo
gnome-display-properties on the command prompt and un-checking the
"Mirror screens" check box and clicking "Apply" button.
<br>
<br>
<br>So why did this not work via System -> Preferences -> Display
? Could it a permission problem as on the command prompt, I ran it
with sudo.
<br>
<br>Puvi
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/7/21 ritz <span dir="ltr"><<a \
href="mailto:khadgaray@gmail.com">khadgaray@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt \
0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 09:04 +0100, Puvi Ganeshar wrote:<br>
> Hello All,<br>
><br>
> I am trying to get dual monitors (2 identical HP L1940T) working on my<br>
> machine but I am not having any luch at all.<br>
><br>
> I am not having the 2 screens as one virtual screen as it's mirroring<br>
> one other currently.<br>
><br>
> I go to System -> Preferences -> Display, I can see the "Mirror<br>
> screens" check box checked. So I uncheck this box and click Apply,<br>
> then I get a pop-up saying<br>
> "Monitor Resolution Settings has detected that the virtual resolution<br>
> must be set in your configuration file in order to apply your<br>
> settings.<br>
><br>
> Would you like Screen Resolution to set the virtual resolution for<br>
> you? (Recommended"<br>
><br>
> When I answer "Yes" to this and get the following error:<br>
><br>
> "Your settings cannot be applied because the virtual resolution is not<br>
> big enough to contain your screens"<br>
><br>
> So I am really stuck at this point so I turned to Google for help and<br>
> found there are couple of people had the same problem but<br>
> unfortunately the found no resolution.<br>
<br>
</div><snip/><br>
This is not a issue with gnome, but rather with Xorg. Update<br>
"/etc/X11/xorg.conf" file to reflect as shown below<br>
<br>
Section "Screen"<br>
Identifier "Screen0"<br>
Device "Card0"<br>
Monitor "Monitor0"<br>
SubSection "Display"<br>
Viewport 0 0<br>
Depth 24<br>
Virtual 3200 1500<br>
EndSubSection<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Try sending in a talking to your distribution<br>
"list" ( fedora-list/ubuntu forums/... ) .<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
--<br>
Ritesh Khadgaray<br>
Linux and Desktop<br>
Ph: +919970164885<br>
blog: <a href="http://khadgaray.blogspot.com" \
target="_blank">http://khadgaray.blogspot.com</a><br> Eat Right, Exercise, Die \
Anyway.<br> <br>
</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>~Puvi<br>
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