Re: kubuntu + ati radeon X1650

2010-10-06 Thread Von Fugal
quote name=Von Fugal date=Tue, 5 Oct 2010 at 15:59 -0600 quote name=Charles Curley date=Tue, 5 Oct 2010 at 11:42 -0600 Having no xorg.conf is not unusual with recent versions of X; they'd like to get rid of it entirely. There's also a conf dir you can add stuff to. Xorg now searches in

Re: kubuntu + ati radeon X1650

2010-10-06 Thread Brett Rasmussen
dual-headedly, now that's a new word. :-) I was hoping someone would notice.:] The magic term you're looking for is randr (or xrandr). Yes, this looks like the sort of thing I was hoping you guys would point me to. Much obliged. I too have a /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d with various files

kubuntu + ati radeon X1650

2010-10-05 Thread Brett Rasmussen
All, My machine at work uses an ATI Radeon X1650 series, and I'm running it dual-headedly. I'm on Kubuntu 10.04, and to set up the dual-monitor support, I go into the KDE4 System Settings and Display Size Orientation. It sees both monitors, and I'm able to set up the monitors' resolution and

Re: kubuntu + ati radeon X1650

2010-10-05 Thread William Attwood
VIM!!! Manually create it? ;-) On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Brett Rasmussen brett.rasmus...@twoedge.com wrote: All, My machine at work uses an ATI Radeon X1650 series, and I'm running it dual-headedly. I'm on Kubuntu 10.04, and to set up the dual-monitor support, I go into the KDE4

Re: kubuntu + ati radeon X1650

2010-10-05 Thread Byron Clark
On 10/05/10 at 11:01am, Brett Rasmussen wrote: My machine at work uses an ATI Radeon X1650 series, and I'm running it dual-headedly. I'm on Kubuntu 10.04, and to set up the dual-monitor support, I go into the KDE4 System Settings and Display Size Orientation. It sees both monitors, and I'm

Re: kubuntu + ati radeon X1650

2010-10-05 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 11:01:55 -0600 Brett Rasmussen brett.rasmus...@twoedge.com wrote: All, My machine at work uses an ATI Radeon X1650 series, and I'm running it dual-headedly. dual-headedly, now that's a new word. :-) I'm on Kubuntu 10.04, and to set up the dual-monitor support, I go into

Re: kubuntu + ati radeon X1650

2010-10-05 Thread Von Fugal
quote name=Charles Curley date=Tue, 5 Oct 2010 at 11:42 -0600 Having no xorg.conf is not unusual with recent versions of X; they'd like to get rid of it entirely. There's also a conf dir you can add stuff to. Xorg now searches in /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/ (which, at least in red hat, is where

Re: kubuntu + ati radeon X1650

2010-10-05 Thread Jon Jensen
On Tue, 5 Oct 2010, Von Fugal wrote: Xorg now searches in /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/ (which, at least in red hat, is where packages write configuration) and /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ (which should not be clobbered by packages). If you ask me, that sounds backwards. Shouldn't /usr be a place

Re: kubuntu + ati radeon X1650

2010-10-05 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 15:59:59 -0600 Von Fugal v...@fugal.net wrote: There's also a conf dir you can add stuff to. Xorg now searches in /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/ (which, at least in red hat, is where packages write configuration) and /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ (which should not be clobbered by