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  1. Bug #591104
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 591104

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Ian! D. Allen (idallen) wrote :

@JamesRobinson: Yes, your "ZaphodHeads" trick worked for my three-monitor
set-up. I now have Xinerama working correctly across all three monitors.
Here is the xorg.conf file:

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Ian"
 Screen "Screen Left" 0 0
 Screen "Screen Middle" RightOf "Screen Left"
 Screen "Screen Right" RightOf "Screen Middle"
 Option "Xinerama"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Screen Left"
 Device "Device Left"
 # this isn't absolutely necessary but it helps window placement
 SubSection "Display"
  Virtual 1600 1200
 EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Screen Middle"
 Device "Device Middle"
 # this isn't absolutely necessary but it helps window placement
 SubSection "Display"
  Virtual 1600 1200
 EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Screen Right"
 Device "Device Right"
 # this isn't absolutely necessary but it helps window placement
 SubSection "Display"
  Virtual 1600 1200
 EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Device Left"
 Driver "radeon"
 VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
 BoardName "FireMV 2250"
 BusID "PCI:4:0:0"
 Option "ZaphodHeads" "DVI-0"
 Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Device Middle"
 Driver "radeon"
 VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
 BoardName "FireMV 2250"
 BusID "PCI:4:0:0"
 Option "ZaphodHeads" "DVI-1"
 Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Device Right"
 Driver "nv"
 VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
 BoardName "G86 [GeForce 8300 GS]"
 BusID "PCI:5:0:0"
 Screen 0
EndSection