2 Screens with ATI4850 & Compiz

[ApoBicz]

first of all - hi to all

im new to on this board and a newbie with linux ! so some days ago i installed sabayon 4.1 with gnome & compiz. so i like this os very much !!! great work !!

but i got one problem with the x-server.

i have an ati4850 with 2 tft screens and wanne use them both as one big screen. a 22" packard bell and a 16" samsung sync master. the 22" should run with 1680x1050 60hz and the 16" should run with 1024x768 75hz.

till now only the 22" runs in 1680x1050 60hz. but i've to set it up at every startup in the ati-center manually. without setting it up manually it runs only in 1024x768. the 22" is shown as monitor number 2 and the 16" as number 1 in the ati-center.

how could i set it up to my setting without setting it up at every startup ???

here is my xorg.conf:

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Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier     "Main Layout"
   Screen      0  "amdcccle-Screen[2]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
   SubSection "extmod"
      Option       "omit xfree86-dga"
   EndSubSection
   Load  "i2c"
   Load  "ddc"
   Load  "vbe"
   Load  "dri"
   Load  "glx"
   Load  "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
   Option       "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
   Option       "Xinerama" "off"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier   "Generic Monitor"
   HorizSync    28.0 - 80.0
   VertRefresh  43.0 - 60.0
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier   "amdcccle-Monitor[2]-0"
   Option       "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
   Option       "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
   Option       "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"

    #BusID    "PCI:02:00"
    #Option "RenderAccel" "on"
    #Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
    #Option "BusType" "PCI"
    #Option "ColorTiling" "on"
    #Option "EnablePageFlip" "on"
   Identifier  "SabayonVga0"
   Driver      "fglrx"
   Option       "UseEvents" "True"
EndSection

Section "Device"
   Identifier  "amdcccle-Device[2]-0"
   Driver      "fglrx"
   BusID       "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"

    #Option       "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
   Identifier "Screen 0"
   Device     "SabayonVga0"
   Monitor    "Generic Monitor"
   DefaultDepth     24
   SubSection "Display"

        #Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
      Viewport   0 0
      Depth     8
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"

        #Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
      Viewport   0 0
      Depth     16
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"

        #Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
      Viewport   0 0
      Depth     24
   EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier "amdcccle-Screen[2]-0"
   Device     "amdcccle-Device[2]-0"
   Monitor    "amdcccle-Monitor[2]-0"
   DefaultDepth     24
   SubSection "Display"
      Viewport   0 0
      Depth     24
   EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
   Mode         0666
EndSection


thx for your answers

greetz

[ApoBicz]

noone got a idea what i have to do ????? OMG

[Thev00d00]

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aticonfig --initial=dual-head --screen-layout=right

try running that, you may have to create a little script that runs at startup. Also try running ATI control panel as root user.

More: http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=124634

Also, please dont bump topics and say "ZOMG!1!1!!", these are not the ubuntu forums.

[kodiakmax]

I am not an ATI user but seeing as the ati control center is not saving the config would mean to me that it does not have permissions to do so. As Thev00d00 says try running as root. I would also look to see if there is a "save config to xorg file" button or menu option somewhere.

Please keep in mind, people will help as they are able to. Some problems may require a little research. Sometimes other people have been waiting for an answer longer than you have and so take priority. Acting like a tool is not going to speed things up. In the mean time perhaps you might think about searching for linux ati dual screen setup; I am sure you would find a lot of configs and threads about it. You might just learn something.