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thetoxikavenger

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Registered: 2010-06-05

Posts: 4

[SOLVED] Virtual screen resolution in xorg.conf being ignored

I'm trying to configure a dual monitor set up but xrandr is telling me the max screen size is 1600x1600. I have already enterd a virtual resolution in xorg.conf.

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "aticonfig Layout"
    Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
    Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    Option        "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    Driver      "fglrx"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
    Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
        Virtual    2832 1050
    EndSubSection
EndSection

When I first installed Arch I was using the radeon drivers. I had no problem configuring my monitors the way I wanted. Now I'm using catalyst and getting errors.

Am I just doing something wrong?

Last edited by thetoxikavenger (2010-06-06 15:58:18)

thetoxikavenger

Member

Registered: 2010-06-05

Posts: 4

Re: [SOLVED] Virtual screen resolution in xorg.conf being ignored

I didn't really fix the issue with xrandr, but I did manage to get my dual monitors to work with Xinerama.