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    Dual monitor setup in KDE - what you can do about it!

    It seems to have been confirmed that dual monitor setup is absolutely not working the way it should in KDE and because of this, in Kubuntu. Check this link:

    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ce/+bug/403610

    Here is what you can do: Add your voice to the choir! Click the link that say that it affects you as well. Write a comment. Whatever - just make sure your voice is added. It seems to be the only way we have to do something about this bug as the importance level of this bug has been set to low.

    In my opinion, the importance level hits KDE and Kubuntu where it really hurts: Business users that need more than one monitor. This affects laptops and desksides.

    So if we all lift together to let the people in charge know how many it affects, it might be possible to get some more attention to it. Unfortunately, I am not a programmer and can not do anything from that side of the problem. But to get the attention of a programmer, I think a problem like this needs a higher importance level.
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    Re: Dual monitor setup in KDE - what you can do about it!

    I'd suffered quite some headbanging in that desktop setup wizard before stumbling this forum post....

    Generally I would rather say that Karmic is quite stable - I had virtually no glitches with setup for the first day.
    Well, before this one...

    Thanks to you for pointing that one out...

    Here's some more or less possible workaround for this issue:

    http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=62111#p84062

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      #3
      Re: Dual monitor setup in KDE - what you can do about it!

      For ATI only:
      append your xorg.conf to force use of the ati catalyst controller. here's mine for an example:
      Section "ServerLayout"
      Identifier "Main Layout"
      Screen 0 "amdcccle-Screen[1]-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 "0-LCD"
      Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
      Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
      Option "DPMS" "true"
      Option "PreferredMode" "1024x768"
      Option "TargetRefresh" "60"
      Option "Position" "0 0"
      Option "Rotate" "normal"
      Option "Disable" "false"
      EndSection

      Section "Monitor"
      Identifier "0-CRT1"
      Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
      Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
      Option "DPMS" "true"
      Option "PreferredMode" "1024x768"
      Option "TargetRefresh" "60"
      Option "Position" "0 0"
      Option "Rotate" "normal"
      Option "Disable" "false"
      EndSection

      Section "Device"

      #BusID "PCI:01:05"
      #Option "RenderAccel" "on"
      #Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
      #Option "BusType" "PCI"
      #Option "ColorTiling" "on"
      #Option "EnablePageFlip" "on"
      Identifier "SabayonVga0"
      Driver "fglrx"
      Option "UseEvents" "True"
      Option "LogoPath" "/usr/share/backgrounds/sabayonlinux-nvidia.png"
      EndSection

      Section "Device"
      Identifier "amdcccle-Device[1]-0"
      Driver "fglrx"
      Option "Monitor-LCD" "0-LCD"
      Option "Monitor-CRT1" "0-CRT1"
      BusID "PCI:1:5:0"
      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[1]-0"
      Device "amdcccle-Device[1]-0"
      DefaultDepth 24
      SubSection "Display"
      Viewport 0 0
      Depth 24
      EndSubSection
      EndSection

      Section "DRI"
      Mode 0666
      EndSection

      Don't for get to run amdcccle as root.

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