On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 09:05:35AM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > I've been trying to get dual monitors to work on my Squeeze system. > Originally I was using both the onboard video and an additional video > card. Now I have two monitors hooked up to the same video card (thanks > to a cheap craigslist purchase). > > When I begin booting, both monitors give me a display. But when the > boot process gets to the point where text display changes (framebuffer > turning on?) one monitor goes blank and I cannot get it working again, > even when logged into a GUI. > > Both monitors work properly with Knoppix 6.4.4. I tried using the > Knoppix xorg.conf, but that did not work. Here are some differences > between Squeeze and Knoppix: > > Squeeze Knoppix > kernel: 2.6.32-5 2.6.37 > xserver-xorg-video-radeon: 1:6.13.1-2 1:6.13.2-1 > libdrm-radeon1: 2.4.23-0.0 2.4.23-1 > radeontool: none 1.6.1-1 > > I don't know if the above differences are important or not. > > Any ideas why one monitor always goes blank in Squeeze? > > -Rob > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120505130535.ga5...@aurora.owens.net >
Have you tried xrandr? -- ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ Indulekha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120505131818.GB13034@radhesyama
