tri2kon9 Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 I'm using 2 Westinghouse monitors, main is a 17" screen, the other is a 19" widescreen. My video card is RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO]. Currently I just see the same image on both monitors, and I want it to be an extended desktop. Please help, I know next to nothing about linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 The video driver is what does such things as extended desktops. Install the ATI proprietary driver and you should have additional programs to control what it does. (That is the way Nvidia does it, anyway.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 (edited) Please post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf here. (and yes- you do need the fglrx proprietary driver to go dualhead with your ATi card). Edited December 25, 2007 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tri2kon9 Posted December 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 (edited) -bash: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: Permission denied  That's what came up when I entered the code as a normal user, and as root. I tried installing the drivers, but it wouldn't install because of unsatisfied lebexpat.so.1, and when I tried to find a download for it, I was unsuccessful, so if you have a link to that, that would be great ^_^ Edited December 25, 2007 by tri2kon9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaraeez Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 with regards to -bash: /etc/X11/xorg.conf: Permission denied if your using KDE then use kwrite (or kate) & navigate to the /etc/X11/ folder then open the file. In Gnome the same thing but use 'gedit' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted December 25, 2007 Report Share Posted December 25, 2007 (edited) urpmi expat as root (expat package is at the main repo). If your installation can't find it, it means you haven't configured the software repos yet. You can open xorg.conf with pretty much any texteditor, say kwrite /etc/X11/xorg.conf Or replace kwrite with kate, gedit, mousepad, vi, nano, emacs, jedit... whatever editor you like. Edited December 25, 2007 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tri2kon9 Posted December 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 This is starting to give me a headache....It says to put the Mandriva dvd into my drive, and after I do that and hit enter, it pops open the drive and says to put the dvd in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted December 26, 2007 Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 You really should configure your software sources via Easy Urpmi at the top of our forum. It means you can handle software installation without any cd/dvd needed. You are missing out on one of the easiest aspects of Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tri2kon9 Posted December 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 Thank you! Now I'm just waiting for that to finish installing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tri2kon9 Posted December 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2007 # File generated by XFdrake (rev 142098) # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of # this file. # ********************************************************************** Section "Files" # font server independent of the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:-1" # minimal fonts to allow X to run without xfs FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled" EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" #DontZap # disable <Crtl><Alt><BS> (server abort) AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work #DontZoom # disable <Crtl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching) EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension Load "v4l" # Video for Linux Load "extmod" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" # 3D layer Load "dri" # direct rendering EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "monitor1" VendorName "Plug'n Play" ModelName "WDE LCM-17v2" HorizSync 30-82 VertRefresh 50-75 # Monitor preferred modeline (60.0 Hz vsync, 64.0 kHz hsync, ratio 5/4) ModeLine "1280x1024" 108 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output. # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 50.00 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630 # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync ModeLine "768x576" 63.07 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device1" VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc" BoardName "ATI Radeon 9250 and earlier" Driver "ati" Option "DPMS" Option "XaaNoOffscreenPixmaps" "1" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "screen1" Device "device1" Monitor "monitor1" DefaultColorDepth 16 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240" EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" "480x360" "320x240" EndSubsection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "layout1" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" Screen "screen1" EndSection  That's what the xorg.conf said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tri2kon9 Posted December 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 New video card, different issues. I switched my video card out for the ATI All-In-Wonder 9600 Series, replacing my PCI tuner that wouldn't work either. Now I can't get its drivers to install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 You are walking the wrong path. Swapping hardware randomly is ***NOT*** the way to resolve your installation problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tri2kon9 Posted January 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 I know, but my dad made me. He thought it would work, but it actually made everything worse. My computer is incredibly laggy now, which I didn't have before I swapped the video cards. Do you know how to fix that, besides getting the original card back? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tri2kon9 Posted January 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Never mind, I somehow killed the lag. Now I'm back to the whole "I see the same thing on both monitors and can't install the drivers" problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Please tell us the software that won't install and exactly what you are doing to install it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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