From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 1 21:12:22 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6936916A41C for ; Fri, 1 Jul 2005 21:12:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from smtp1.utdallas.edu (smtp1.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4612D43D1F for ; Fri, 1 Jul 2005 21:12:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from utd59514.utdallas.edu (utd59514.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) by smtp1.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD5E5388FEC; Fri, 1 Jul 2005 16:12:21 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 16:12:21 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: Eric Ekong , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20050701175600.GD1184@blackguy> References: <20050630031849.GA94889@blackguy> <20050630181055.GA35989@blackguy> <41FD3108251376A060401577@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <20050701175600.GD1184@blackguy> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.1.6 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Re: help with matrox parhelia 256Mb with dual head X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 21:12:22 -0000 --On Friday, July 01, 2005 13:56:00 -0400 Eric Ekong wrote: > Initially the second monitor wasn't coming up at all. Now, with a > minor change or two, I have the second monitor coming up, but it seems > to bring up a second window manager that I have no access to..., the > second monitor just kinda sits there in the default kde start screen. > > That along with the fact that if I enable Xinerama, I lock up X to the > point where I can't drop to a virtual screen because the keyboard and > mouse lock up as well. If I've gotten this far I must be only a step > or two away from getting this to work fully. > > Need is to have one desktop stretched across 2 monitors. Roughly > 3200x1600 desktop. > > Do you have this working with the parhelia? No, I have a Radeon X300 card. > If so are you using Xorg > or XFree86 in ports. I'm guess XFree86 would work in this setup > better, but it is just a hunch. > I'm using Xorg and Xinerama - two 19 inch monitors - one desktop. The problem that I have is that the right screen won't display until the system goes to sleep. So, when I first login, I change the setttings to get the system to go to sleep in one minute, wait one minute, then move the mouse. The right screen then works as long as I don't log out. (Locking and unlocking the screen works just fine.) But the problems you're having sound more driver related. Was there a reason you chose the Linux driver instead of the native FBSD one? Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/