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Date:      Fri, 20 May 2005 22:27:27 -0700
From:      pete wright <nomadlogic@gmail.com>
To:        Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Dual monitors - right one doesn't work right away
Message-ID:  <57d7100005052022277e3d8f8c@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <67A6706070203A2B9F6FEF46@utd49554.utdallas.edu>
References:  <67A6706070203A2B9F6FEF46@utd49554.utdallas.edu>

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On 5/20/05, Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> wrote:
> I just installed 5.4 RELEASE, cvsup'd the ports and portupgraded everythi=
ng
> to current.  I'm using one ATI Radeon X300 card and two monitors with
> Xinerama.  When I first login, only the left screen displays its half of
> the desktop.  (I'm using gdm and gnome, but xdm with twm does the exact
> same thing.)
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> After a while (30 minutes or more) the right monitor will begin displayin=
g
> its half of the desktop.
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> I've been hunting through the logs and googling trying to figure out what
> the cause is, but so far I'm stumped.
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> This is a copy of the most recent display log (but they all look about th=
e
> same.)
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I'd post a copy of your xorg.conf file.  The info bellow states that
it can not detect the monitor, but with out the config we can't tell
if it's a problem with your setup or a hardware issue.

-pete

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Pete Wright
www.nycbug.org
NYC's *BSD User Group



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