Curtis Thanks all of u guys ... My monitors are alive now Guess what i was editing the wrong file
I was editing XF86Config in /etc/X11 all the while but X was using XF86Config-4 in /etc/X11 is it supposed to do that ? i thought XF86Config was the file it used ... now i edited the XF86Config-4 file and the system is fine and all (thanks to carl i got xinerama too)... Cheers Ani Adarsh Life makes no exceptions It zcrews everyone plenty > -----Original Message----- > From: Curtis Hogg [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 6:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Newbie]Help with Multiple Monitors > > Can you post a follow message with your XF86Config file attached? I'll > compare it with my working one at my office and see what's wrong. > > To answer (or try to) a couple of your questions: > > On my office dual-monitor system, i simply type startx, and it starts the > server on both displays (a Trident 9685 and a Trident 9680). I get 2 > copies of Enlightenment (my Window Manager), because I don't use Xinerama. > > One thing to note about Xinerama, is that if your monitors are not both > at the same resolution, you may have programs start, in a blank space of > the screen. > > Fig 1. > Xinerama with different-resolution desktop. > > |-Display 1, 1280x1024-----------|-------------------------------| > | | Blank Space | > | |-------------------------------| > | | | > |--------------------------------|-----Display 2, 1024x768-------| > > Because one display is larger, Xinerama's virtual display has space that > is "off the screen" from the other display. This can be an annoyance, so > if you want to use Xinerama, make sure your displays are both at the same > resolution. > > You shouldn't have to edit your xserverrc file (I didn't have to). > > Xconfigurator (afaik) only knows how to handle the primary display, it has > > no multimonitor configuration support. You will have to manually add the > second display yourself. > > One thing to note: should you NOT use Xinerama, you cannot move windows > back and forth between the two X servers, as they will be totally > independant of each other, with the exception that the mouse pointer WILL > go between the two screens. Though, i think that's kinda neat, cause then > i have 16 virtual desktops (8 per Enlightenment instance). > > Hope any of this helps (i sometimes get very verbose when I haven't had > sleep and code too much). > > -- > Curtis Hogg [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > ---------------------------------------------- > > Little girls, like butterflies, need no excuse. > -- Lazarus Long > ---------------------------------------------- > WWW - http://hoshino-ruri.myip.org > ICQ - 1738575 [Authorization Required] > > On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Ani_Adarsh wrote: > > > Hello ppl ..... > > Help me out please .... > > my multiple monitors worked fine in windows but its not in linux ... > > How do i configure it ? > > I've added sections for > > display > > monitor and > > screen > > and ive added serverlayout also > > but when i try startx it says core pointer error, core keyboard error or > > something like that > > BTW how do i address the displays ? > > like i have > > startx -- :0 > > startx -- :1 > > etc for my virtual consoles > > how do i do that for my second display > > Somebody told me that i have to edit the xserverrc file and add X + > > xinerama where is this file located ? > > and lastly when my computer boots up i get a cute KDE login screen will > i > > get it on both monitors > > or on one ? HOW and where do i change this ... > > and when i run Xconfigurator it detects only my primary monitor not the > > other one why ? > > I know im quite jumbled up everywhere but please do help me out with > atleast > > some of them ... > > > > Cheers > > Ani Adarsh > > > > My Ignorance Ain't BLISS ... > > > > > > > ************************************************************************** > > > This email (including any attachments) is intended for the sole use of > the > > intended recipient/s and may contain material that is CONFIDENTIAL AND > > PRIVATE COMPANY INFORMATION. Any review or reliance by others or copying > or > > distribution or forwarding of any or all of the contents in this message > is > > STRICTLY PROHIBITED. 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