Software :: Xrandr Spanning Across 2 Cards?
Mar 24, 2011I want to use xrandr to span 3 monitors across 2 cards, is this possible? Supposedly this is supported in version 1.3 of Xrandr; which I have, but I can't figure out the syntax.
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Fedora :: F13: Nvidia Wallpaper Spanning With Dual Monitors?
Sep 23, 2010Ever since upgrading from F11 to F13, wallpaper spanning has been driving me nuts. No matter what the size of the wallpaper, I cannot get it to span two desktops correctly anymore. Most styles (zoom, scale, etc...) cause the image to be duplicated on both screens and the "span" style centers the image between the screens and appears to scale down the image leaving large gaps on either side. It's like the background program doesn't recognize the "virtual resolution".
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Feb 3, 2010On a galactic scale, I have a very, very minuscule problem, but it is irksome nonetheless. I have a machine running Fedora 12. I have two monitors attached--both 19" flat panels at 1280 x 1024 each. At some point I created a desktop background image that was 2560 x 1024. I guess I'm sort of used to Mac OS X where one can set separate images on each screen (so I'm used to having a right image and a left image).
Anyway, I set the image as my desktop background, and it spanned both screens as expected. I can't tell you for the life of me what setting I had it on (scaled, tiled, etc.). But for some reason, after running a set of updates, my image no longer spans both screens. Instead it is cropped from 2560 x 1024 to 1280 x 1024 and appears the same on BOTH screens. I've tried all five settings in the "Appearance" panel (gnome-appearance-properties). "Scaled" has the image shrunk down to 1280 x 512, and appears on both screens, with bars above and below it.
"Tiled," "Zoom," and "Centered" all have the image as explained earlier--cropped to 1280 x 1024 and appearing the same on both screens."Fill Screen" smushes the image so that it is half as wide but every bit as tall, and displays that on both monitors. Again, I realize this is silly to be considered a "problem," but it USED to appear normally and now I can't get it to anymore. Anyone else experience this or know what the deal is?
Ubuntu Servers :: Dns Server Started With 2 NIC Cards - Bios Sees Both Cards But - Both Dont Show In Ifconfig
Dec 1, 2010I have a dns server started with 2 NIC Cards in it. The bios sees both cards but they both dont show in ifconfig. is there a way to activate the second card?
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Apr 6, 2010have an Nvidia 8400GS installated (one VGA one DVi) and I have two Acer monitors (same size different model) one is attached VGA otehr DVI. The dual graphic seems to work; however, it is MIRRORED! It is not a "spanning" desktop that I would prefer. I tried to install the drive from nvidia but once I try to restart X it won't load and I have to revert back to my backup config which mirrors the desktop on both screens. (I can see myself typing on both screens.
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OpenSUSE :: Xrandr For Kdm Before Xsession?
Aug 4, 2009Normally you can put your xrandr command in /etc/kde4/kdm/Xsetup to change resolution before login. This does not work for openSUSE. Why, where else ?
View 1 Replies View RelatedGeneral :: Xrandr From Remote Through Ssh?
Mar 16, 2011I just tried to deactivate the VGA connection on my laptop remotely and received this result:
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$ export DISPLAY=:0
$ xrandr
No protocol specified
Can't open display :0
$
I'm nearly certain I was able to use xrandr through ssh at some point in the past, but my memory of the exact time line is inadequate.
General :: Xrandr Changes X's Orientation Too Slowly
Oct 12, 2010I'm changing X's orientation with following command
xrandr -o left
xrandr -o normal
When orientation is changing screen becomes black for a moment then it switches orientation.So how to get rid of this black screen effect ? Maybe some other options should be added to xrandr ?
Ubuntu :: No Outputs Listed By Xrandr?
Mar 21, 2010I'm trying to use this thread to set my laptop's resolution to 640x480. To do this, I need to use the addmode command which expects me to list an OUTPUT. What OUTPUT do I list? The "xrandr -q" command doesn't list any outputs.Here is the result of me typing "xrandr -q":
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Screen 0: minimum 800 x 600, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768
default connected 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
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Ubuntu :: S-Video Out On Lucid With Xrandr?
May 15, 2010I used to have older version of ubuntu (previous to Lucid,10.4 LTS), and I have a Sony WEGA TV connected to my unbutu laptop w S-Video card connected for Video out...and I used to run following command to activate S-Video out to my TV and it worked perfect...
here's the command that worked :
~$ xrandr --output S-video --set load_detection 1
Now after updating to Lucid/10.4 LTS, this command started getting an error :
~$ xrandr --output S-video --set load_detection 1
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General :: Using Xrandr To Extend Desktop?
Jan 19, 2009I'm trying to use xrandr to extend the desktop on my laptop to my lcd monitor. I have tried a few different ways but no matter what I do the desktop will end up on my LCD and the laptop is the extended desktop. Anyone know where I am going wrong? Here is the command I've been using:
xrandr --output LVDS --auto --output VGA --auto --left-of LVDS
General :: Where To Place Xrandr Configuration
Aug 8, 2011I have migrtaed from Arch, my first experience with linux for the past 2 months, to Debian and i'm currently setting up my system. I have a X61s Thinkpad with a cracked screen which i use with the ultrabase with an external monitor and keyboard. The monitor requires me to use fbset on console and xrandr for a graphical enviroment Whilst i was using Arch i used 'startx' to access openbox and placed my xrandr configuration in ~/.xinitrc but with debian i have wanted to use a login manager, Slim.
Because i am using KMS for my intel based system i don't have an xorg.conf and because i am using slim i am not using ~/.xinitrc I read somwhere that creating an ~/.xprofile file would solve this but i have not had any luck. So i am wondering where would be the best place to put the xrandr configuration?
Software :: Xrandr Not Finding Modes?
Jul 14, 2010I'm on Debian Squeeze, my PC has a Radeon HD4770 card. I honestly don't know if it's currently running on OS or proprietary fglrx drivers; I installed fglrx, but the control panel app insists the driver isn't loaded. I'm following these instructions to try to get my screen running at 1280x960x85. It's currently at 1280x1024x85, but it's an old CRT that, for some reason, works fine at 1280x960 but gets unfocused at 1280x1024. I'm following the step "adding undetected resolutions", and here's the result:
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fallingwater@longcat:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 2048 x 2048
DVI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
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Slackware :: Xfce 4.8 With Xrandr Autostart On 13.1?
Feb 21, 2011I am openbox user and yesterday I tested new Xfce 4.8 on Slack 13.1. But problem is the same as in older release. Xrandr autostart. I use LCD connected on my notebook and autostart script in Xfce is slow, cant set right resolution on boot. System start, and blink monitor and set correct resolution 1920x1200 on LCD Monitor after 0.5 seconds. This gave my effect of 2 desktop resolution. I put my script to xinitrc.
xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1920x1200 &
but this not help. script is not executed. Then I set autostart xrandr script with GUI tool
Session and Startup but nothing helps. Xfce still gave me next effect. Openbox use /home/mame/.config/autostart and have no problem set the corrent resolution of my LCD on boot.
Debian :: How To Set Display Resolution When Xrandr Cannot Work
Sep 19, 2015I've just completed my first pc build, and installed Ubuntu 8.2. My build was focussed around a legacy Apple Cinema 30" display, which has 2560x1600 @ 60fps resolution. The motherboard - Gigabyte H97N-Wifi - supports that display, although the display drivers are supplied by Intel, and are therefore nonfree. On startup, my display resolution defaults to 1200x800. This is what /var/log/Xorg.0.log says about it:
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[ Â Â Â Â 1.830] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 has no monitor section
[ Â Â Â Â 1.881] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI1 has no monitor section
[ Â Â Â Â 1.882] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI2 has no monitor section
[ Â Â Â Â 1.882] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI3 has no monitor section
[ Â Â Â Â 1.933] (II) intel(0): EDID for output VGA1
[ Â Â Â Â 1.986] (II) intel(0): EDID for output HDMI1
[ Â Â Â Â 1.986] (II) intel(0): Manufacturer: APP Â Model: 9232 Â Serial#: 33555281
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I bumped into a webpage which stated that xrandr does not work with proprietary drivers, and if that's true, I can't get it to change resolution on my screen.
Debian Multimedia :: Xrandr -s Modes Not Found?
Dec 22, 2010I can run xrandr and I get the various modes thatwill supposedly work with my monitor.Then, I run xrandr -s 800x600 and the command tells me thathat mode is unavailable, even though it claims that it is in xrandr -s.What on earth does that mean, then?
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May 6, 2014I have a notebook Asus X-serie with a
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation ValleyView SSA-CUnit (rev 0c)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView Gen7 (rev 0
00:13.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView 6-Port SATA AHCI Contller (rev 0c)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation ValleyView USB xHCI Host Controll (rev 0c)
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However I would like to display the same too onto my CRT. My crt of my pc notebook is blank. Nothing. I read a lot and nothing. I read on xrandr but few info:
Adding new modes
Under some circumstances, some modes might be missing. For instance, if the monitor does not report correct EDID information. Or if the output didn’t have a CRTC available at startup because another output was using it and you disabled it in the meantime.
If a mode exist, you may add it to one output with:
$ xrandr --addmode VGA1 800x600
If the mode does not exist, you may first create it by passing a modeline:
$ xrandr --newmode <ModeLine>
Fedora :: Ati Xrandr Dual Screen Weirdness
Mar 8, 2011I just found some strange behaviour with xrandr. I've got a dual screen setup (both 1680x1050) on which I want to span my desktop. I'm using the ati (amd) proprietary driver from livna to do this. I edited my xorg.conf to include the 'Virtual' line under screen.
When I add this to the "Screen" section:
The driver breaks and I get a resolution of 1400x900 and still not the option to span my desktop.
When I change that to read Virtual 1680 2100
It all works fine but I have to have my desktops on top of each other.
Ubuntu :: One Virtual Desktop Per Monitor / Using XRANDR
Mar 14, 2010I have two monitors, my laptop screen, and an LCD monitor. I want to configure linux to put one virtual desktop on one, and a second on another. I'm using Compiz as well, so I'd like it to show one side of the cube on each monitor. I'm not really sure how to go about setting this up though. My attempts so far have stretched the same desktop across both monitors, or resulted in an unusable monitor that just sits there with the default background. While I was trying to figure this out I came across something called XRandR that lets you connect/disconnect monitors without restarting xserver. I'm not sure how to get this going either, the only tutorials I found were for intel chipsets, and I'm using the proprietary NVidia drivers.
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Aug 24, 2010I have been running linux on my thinkpad r50 for about a year, specifically 9.04. The problem is with this new 10.04 lts installation when I go to hook up an external monitor via the avg port and run xrandr to initialize the display, the laptop monitor panel becomes a garbled image and the television that is attached to the computer says no input. As of now I am stumped and open for assistance on this one.
View 1 Replies View RelatedUbuntu :: Remote Machine Should Be Third Monitor In Xrandr?
Jan 10, 2011I ran the following commands on my ubuntu desktop :
xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1680x1050
xrandr --output VGA-1 --mode 1680x1050
xrandr --output VGA-1 --left-of VGA-0
This gives me dual head. I have a second machine on the same 100mbps network that is also running Ubuntu. I want to run X on that machine and have it's X session as a monitor in xrandr, so I would add something like this :xrandr --output REMOTE-1 --right-of VGA-1Is this possible?
Ubuntu :: Can't Find The Bug In Simple Xrandr Script
Mar 27, 2011I have Ubuntu installed on a live USB (as-well as dual-booted on my main computer with win7) and this live USB doesn't recognize the right resolution of a particular computers' monitor so I have made a script which (theoretically) all I need to do is double click it to fix the screen for this one monitor's config.Now the issue is that I cannot for the life of me figure out why it won't work. when I run it (it has xrandr commands in it) it tells me the usage for it.
Code:
#! /bin/bash
cvt 1280 1024 60 | tail -c -82 > temp.txt
xrandr --newmode < temp.txt
xrandr --addmode VGA1 "1280x1024_60.00"
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Programming :: Reading File - Output From Xrandr -q
Jul 24, 2010Code:
I'm trying to make several files: each named after the display and containing resolutions. But for some reason I get null when trying to read lines.
Fedora :: Xrandr Effect Remains Until The Next Restart?
Jul 17, 2009I used this command on Fedora11 for panning on my Acer Aspire One 150 it works but the next time that i restart the OS i have to issue the command again!
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x1024
Software :: Using Xrandr Or Anything To Setup Multi Monitors?
Oct 20, 2010i have a laptop and i plunged an external monitor into it. I want to obtain a virtual desktop[ I will privede more debugging info below
video card
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200M]
Driver:open source radeon driver distribution kubuntu 10.04
I tried this:
xrandr --output LVDS --mode 1280x800 --pos 0x0 --output VGA-0 --mode 1920x1080 --right-of LVDS --pos 1280x0
it resulted this error 1
xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1920x1920 (desired size 3200x1080)
Googling about this error i found a old post,it could be outfated that sugested editing xorg.conf. I created a xorg.conf using "Xorg -configure" and i modified the screen section to this:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
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Software :: Xrandr Options In The Xorg.conf?
Jun 22, 2010I'm using a netbook with an intel GPU and a recent intel driver. In my .xinitrc, I have this command: xrandr --output LVDS1 --set "scaling mode" "Full aspect" But that causes a brief black flicker and stalls the login a little bit. I'd like to specify this in my xorg.conf or find some way for this option to be set as Xorg starts. I don't know what the xorg.conf equivalent option is, or even if one exists.
View 5 Replies View RelatedDebian Configuration :: Jessie Xrandr Rotation Bad Corruption
Nov 25, 2015DE: lxde
version: Jessie
using xorg file: no
After changing my video cards from gigabyte HD5450 and saphire X550 to two saphire r7 240s one of my debian installs no longer supports rotating the monitors either with 'Monitor Settings' or xrandr. The only difference between these 2 Jessie installs is that one was upgraded and the other one was fresh. The problem is with the upgraded one. On the fresh installed debian I just put the ati proprietary driver so I won't do further testing on it but xrandr was working fine on it before that.
I tried going over the ATIHowTo [URL] .... and everything looks good. Tried purging the non free firmware and reinstalling. I verified the version numbers of libxrandr2 and kernel of both installs. It is either some scrap left over from wheezy or a configuration file I am not aware of.
So what actually happens is xrandr does not say anything, blanks out all windows on the screen with only their background color and title bar showing, changes the lxpanel to its background pattern except for 2 blanked out boxes almost to the right of the screen( I have 10 tray icons there before it blanks), activates the screen I wanted to rotate with the proper rotation. On my main screen I can't click on anything. On the rotated screen I can right click and I get my openbox right click menu like I do on my main monitor before the command but when I try to run something nothing happens. The only way I can get out of this situation is to go to ctrl-alt-f1, log in as root and type 'service lightdm restart'.
Both of these monitors are connected to the primary video card, an ati r7 240 saphire. The main one is on vga and the other one is on DVI. I also have another monitor connected to HDMI but it's not being used. I have yet another monitor connected to the VGA of the secondary GPU I don't think it's a problem is it? I tried not using 'xrandr --setprovideroutputsource 1 0' and it still did the same thing.
I tried just launching openbox with no LXDE and it did the same thing.
Also another strange thing is when I stop the lightdm service and try to 'startx' or 'xinit' my screens go blank; numlock, control-alt-delete and control-alt-f1 do nothing and the only thing I can do is an emergency REISUB. I didn't configure this install to use startx or xinit yet but should it really lock up my system?
On the affected system my script looks like this (I already did this step by step and the 'rotate left' line is causing the problem):
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xrandr --output VGA-0 --primary --mode 1680x1050 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal
 --output DVI-0 --mode 1680x1050 --pos 0x1050 --rotate left
 --output HDMI-0 --off
 --output VGA-1-1 --off
lxpanelctl restart
Additional info:
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Graphics:Â Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Oland PRO [Radeon R7 240]
      Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Oland PRO [Radeon R7 240]
      Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
      Resolution: 1680x1050@59.88hz, 1680x1050@59.95hz
      GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD OLAND GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.3.2
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Debian Multimedia :: Using Xrandr To Toggle Laptop Display
Jun 3, 2015Background: I am running Debian 8 with the Xfce DE on my Toshiba Satellite Laptop.
When at home I will connect my laptop to an external display. I did the same while I was running Ubuntu; however, with Ubuntu I could activate my laptop display by simply disconnecting the external monitor. With Debian + Xfce, unplugging the external monitor leaves my laptop screen blank.
In order to activate my laptop display, I have to open Display settings, turn on laptop display -- which still leaves my laptop screen blank -- and then switch resolution: there are two listings for 1366x768 under resolution, and only the second one restores my laptop display. Please note that if I have both displays on at the same time the size of the output on my external monitor will be reduced to about the size of my laptop's display.
I would like the create a Bash script which can automatically switch between my displays. After some Googling it seems like xrandr is the tool I need for the job. However, I have been having trouble getting it to work.
I tried the command Code: Select allxrandr --output LVDS1 --auto --primary --output HDMI1 --off. This however just turns my external display off without turning on my laptop's display. I suspect this has something to do with the fact that LVDS1 has two modes at 1366x768; perhaps only one of them can actually display? I'm not sure, but anyways here's the output of xrandr:
Code: Select allScreen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
LVDS1 connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 193mm
  1366x768   59.99*+
  1360x768   59.80  59.96Â
  1024x768   60.00Â
  800x600    60.32  56.25Â
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Is there a way I can specify that xrandr should use the second 1366x768 mode?
I just realized that the second mode is, in fact, 1360x768 rather than 1366x768...
The good news is that I fixed my problem. It turns out that my backlight was not turning on, giving the appearance that my laptop screen was not displaying anything.
Debian Multimedia :: Nvidia And Xrandr Doesn't Work
Jun 3, 2011I have problems with xrandr in a system with Nvidia GeForce 8600GT video card. I want to use xrandr to rotate the screen on the fly.
~:$ xrandr -q
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 175, current 1600 x 1200, maximum 1600 x 1200
default connected 1600x1200+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1600x1200 50.0*
1600x1024 51.0
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I tried enable the last option, change values for xinerama and twinview, but nothing works.
OpenSUSE Hardware :: Xrandr Killed Video How Do Get Back
Feb 20, 2010I have a new machine with OpenSUSE 11.2 and KDE 4.3. I have 2 monitors. The second monitor is set to extend the screen to the right. Everytime I logged on, I had to reset the resolution to auto and set the second monitor to the right. The setup didn't seem to be remembered and kdm definitely fell to the smaller resolution when I logged off. I stopped using krandr because it did strange things (it always seemed to wipe out the setup when I simply started it), and used xrandr. When I queried, using xrandr, it showed the main monitor on DVI0 and the second monitor on VGA2. The hardware and commands used are shown below.
I created a bash script to activate and deactivate the second monitor using the 2 commands below. It was working nicely. On, off, on, off, it was exactly what I wanted. I added it to my KDE auto start through the Computer Setting dialog. I tried it a couple of times in succession but then something happened. The main monitor is gone, and by gone I mean orange light, grub complains about the vga= resolution ("undefined video mode" and doesn't show higher resolutions). I only have the second monitor/VGA2 and when I query xrandr it shows DVI0 shows disconnected!. When I boot, I see the console messages on DVI0, but as soon as it gets to kdm, it switches to VGA2 and DVI0 has no video signal. To add weirdness, when I do a clt-alt-f1 it appears on DVI0.Second Monitor: Sceptre X96-Naga II Resolution: 1280x1024Video: GEFORCE 9600 GT 1GB DDR3Driver: OpenSUSE nvCommands:xrandr --output DVI0 --auto --pos 0x0 --output VGA2 --auto --right-of DVI0xrandr --output DVI0 --auto --pos 0x0 --output VGA2 --off