Thanks Chris, Unfortunately this does not work. I get this in /var/log/Xorg.0.log (WW) intel(0): Option "ZaphodHeads" is not used -- Stig -----Original Message----- From: Chris Wilson [mailto:chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 9:11 AM To: Stig Eriksson Cc: intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Separate X-Screen feature - dual monitoring On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 06:53:08AM +0000, Stig Eriksson wrote: > I am searching for a solution for the following problem, that I found > in an old post from 2009. > > >> I would like to know the possibility to manage two separate X-screens > >> with the above configuration. I had seen an article from > >> http://intellinuxgraphics.org/dualhead.html , demonstrates extended > >> desktop. But i am looking for separate X-screens, like two > >> separate menus, separate panels on each screen. Please provide me some > >> information. > > > If I understand your problem correctly, the solution is not related to > > the driver. > > > > I know you can from a console start a second X session using something > > like the following command. (Not sure if that is entirely correct.) > > > > $ startx -- :1 -config /path/to/xorg.conf/with/other/monitor > > > > You should also be able to configure your system to start two login > > screen at start up. You should search the WWW for that, i. e. "gdm two > > login screen". > > This is really a driver question. We do not want to run two independent > X servers, we want to run one server with 2 separate screens, so that > the displays would be :0.0 and :0.1. The configuration you are looking for is called ZaphodHeads, for example; Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "zaphod" Screen 0 "external" Screen 1 "internal" RightOf "external" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device-external" Driver "intel" Option "ZaphodHeads" "HDMI1" Screen 0 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "device-internal" Driver "intel" Option "ZaphodHeads" "LVDS1" Screen 1 EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "internal" Device "device-internal" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "external" Device "device-external" EndSection -- Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. www.CactusUniview.se ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. www.CactusUniview.se ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Intel-gfx mailing list Intel-gfx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/intel-gfx
