[ltp] Re: Thinkpads with two external screens?

Kim Duplex linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:15:05 -0700


It works great on my T60 running Fedora 7.  I dock at work (with lid closed)
and have a Dell connected to the DVI port and an HP on the VGA.  Below is my
xorg.conf.  My BIOS display setting is also at DVI + external.  

# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "MultiheadLayout"
	Screen         "Screen0" 0 0
	Screen         "aticonfig-Screen[1]" RightOf "Screen0"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	InputDevice    "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
	Option	    "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
	Option	    "AIGLX" "off"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
	Option	    "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option	    "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Synaptics"
	Driver      "synaptics"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto-dev"
	Option	    "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
	Option	    "SHMConfig" "true"
	Option	    "RightEdge" "5750"
	Option	    "BottomEdge" "5000"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	Option	    "dpms"
EndSection

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

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Videocard0"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	Option	    "DesktopSetup" "horizontal"
	Option	    "EnablePrivateBackZ" "yes"
	Option	    "OverlayOnCRTC2" "1"
	Option	    "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
	Option	    "VideoOverlay" "on"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[1]"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	Option	    "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
	Option	    "VideoOverlay" "on"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
	Screen      1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[1]"
	Device     "aticonfig-Device[1]"
	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[1]"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1280x1024"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode         0666
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
	Option	    "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection