On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, michael hast wrote:
> Does anyone know of any really good online tutorials that will walk me
> through setting up the dual-head display and xinerama? The configuration
> file doesn't look all that daunting, and the syntax is simple enough, but
> I'm scared of crashing X again.
When you get to a working state, cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.bkup . (Now is a working state.) Then if you hose X,
just move it back. Make sure X doesn't start automatically. Not running
"startx" is easier than fumbling with /etc/init.d/[gkx]dm.
> How do I determine the bus ID for my AGP slot,
lspci | grep VGA
> and what is the proper syntax according to X,
I don't have one (a line like that, not an AGP card), but:
man xorg.conf
/busid
You might not need one; that's easier, so I'd try that first.
> and how do I tell it the difference between the two ports on the card?
No idea. Top=monitor 0, bottom=monitor 1? RTFM; maybe it says there.
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