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    Default ati x700 and dual head

    Hi gentlmen,
    I'm using a laptop Acer with AMD 64, I've just installed the drivers fglrx from Livna for the Ati x700 video card. I'd like to use it in dual mode, but when I try to set the Ati control panel, plug-in the second monitor and restart both the screen get black.
    Here it is my xorg.conf if can be useful

    # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

    Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "single head configuration"
    Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
    EndSection

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

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Synaptics"
    Driver "synaptics"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
    EndSection

    Section "Monitor"

    ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
    ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x800"
    ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
    HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0
    VertRefresh 59.9 - 60.1
    Option "dpms"
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
    Identifier "Videocard0"
    Driver "fglrx"
    Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device "Videocard0"
    Monitor "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
    Viewport 0 0
    Depth 24
    Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    EndSection

    Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "AIGLX" "off"
    EndSection
    Section "DRI"
    Group 0
    Mode 0666
    EndSection
    Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "False"
    EndSection
    Section "Module"
    Load "extmod"
    Load "glx"
    Load "dri"
    EndSection


    Thank you for your attention

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    Quote Originally Posted by brennero View Post
    Hi gentlmen,
    I'm using a laptop Acer with AMD 64, I've just installed the drivers fglrx from Livna for the Ati x700 video card. I'd like to use it in dual mode, but when I try to set the Ati control panel, plug-in the second monitor and restart both the screen get black.
    Here it is my xorg.conf if can be useful

    # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display

    Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "single head configuration"
    Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice "Synaptics" "CorePointer"
    EndSection

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

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Synaptics"
    Driver "synaptics"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
    Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
    EndSection

    Section "Monitor"

    ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
    ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x800"
    ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
    HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0
    VertRefresh 59.9 - 60.1
    Option "dpms"
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
    Identifier "Videocard0"
    Driver "fglrx"
    Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device "Videocard0"
    Monitor "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
    Viewport 0 0
    Depth 24
    Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    EndSection

    Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "AIGLX" "off"
    EndSection
    Section "DRI"
    Group 0
    Mode 0666
    EndSection
    Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "False"
    EndSection
    Section "Module"
    Load "extmod"
    Load "glx"
    Load "dri"
    EndSection


    Thank you for your attention
    Run the command
    Code:
    aticonfig --help
    It will list a few commands that you can use to setup your x.org. IIRC, there are two for dual head (ATI calls it big desktop). I typically use the second. I'd look it up myself, but am on a school computer.

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