Most of you know that I have been using a Dell Latitude D600 at my new job. It’s not a bad little system. I do like the 1400×1050 resolution. Anyhoo, I needed to get dual displays working so I could drive an external 19″ LCD as well as use the real estate of the laptops LCD while I’m at my desk. I wrote a previous post on detecting dual displays and switching the xorg.conf but never got around to posting my actual xorg.conf file. Withour further delay, here it is:
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9000 M9 (R250 Lf)"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
Option "DRI" "true"
Option "ColorTilling" "on"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "true"
Option "AccelMethode" "EXA"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "AGPMode" "8"
Option "AGPFastWrite" "on"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9000 M9 (R250 Lf) 2"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 1
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Laptop Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Acer Monitor"
VendorName "Acer"
ModelName "SyncMaster 900NF"
HorizSync 30-86
VertRefresh 50-160
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Laptop Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9000 M9 (R250 Lf)"
Monitor "Laptop Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1400x1050"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Acer Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility 9000 M9 (R250 Lf) 2"
Monitor "Acer Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "ON"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Dualhead Layout"
Screen 0 "Laptop Screen" 0 0
Screen 1 "Acer Screen" RightOf "Laptop Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
Option "AIGLX" "true"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "false"
EndSection
I’m not doing anything fancy here. I do like the fact that I can have the displays running different resolutions and drag windows back and forth. This was a bit troublesome on my old T40. I think it was because I wasn’t using Xinerama but I can’t recall. I’ll have to try this out on my new T40…..pictures of the new laptop soon.
Dale