[solved ish] Dual Screens with ATI card (Cinnimon)

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[solved ish] Dual Screens with ATI card (Cinnimon)

Post by dasy2k1 »

Ive just got myself a new screen but am keeping my old one in a dual screen setup
card is a ATI 5770, both screens are connected by DVI

I have the fglrx driver installed and am configuring the screens with amdcccle
when I have both screens attached (screen 2 is in portrait mode)
I cannot log into cinnimon (I just get a somthing went wrong splashscreen)
if i try to log in with the session as gnome classic I can get in but the panel menus are messed up (i have 3 or 4 of everything)
I also get a warning pop up saying there is no 3d hardware avalable,

with only one screen connected I can use cinnimon fine with no issues.

my current Xorg.conf is below

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Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "aticonfig Layout"
	Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 170
	Screen         "amdcccle-Screen[2]-1" 1400 0
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
	Option	    "Xinerama" "off"
EndSection

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

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "0-DFP3"
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
	Option	    "PreferredMode" "1400x1050"
	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" "1440x900"
	Option	    "TargetRefresh" "60"
	Option	    "Position" "0 0"
	Option	    "Rotate" "right"
	Option	    "Disable" "false"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "0-DFP4"
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
	Option	    "PreferredMode" "1440x900"
	Option	    "TargetRefresh" "60"
	Option	    "Position" "0 0"
	Option	    "Rotate" "right"
	Option	    "Disable" "false"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	Option	    "Monitor-DFP3" "0-DFP3"
	BusID       "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "amdcccle-Device[2]-1"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	Option	    "Monitor-DFP4" "0-DFP4"
	BusID       "PCI:2:0:0"
	Screen      1
EndSection

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

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "amdcccle-Screen[2]-1"
	Device     "amdcccle-Device[2]-1"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection
can anyone suggest what might be the problem?
Last edited by LockBot on Wed Dec 28, 2022 7:16 am, edited 2 times in total.
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dasy2k1

Re: Dual Screens with ATI card (Cinnimon)

Post by dasy2k1 »

Update:
just installed mate and that works fine, still no joy with cinnimon,
dasy2k1

Re: [solved ish] Dual Screens with ATI card (Cinnimon)

Post by dasy2k1 »

Update.

after rebooting after mate was installed everything works fine,
not sure exactly what happened but it all works now!
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