On 5/5/05, Wayne Stallwood ALUGlist@digimatic.plus.com wrote:
As to why it has stopped working. I can only think that it is some X configuration post startup that hadn't come into effect until you restarted the system....I assume screen two only fires up once X has started ?
In very rare cases I have seen Monitors get confused and only accept a signal after they have been unplugged for a few moments.
Wayne: I wrangled with this all yesterday, with help from Adam. What seems to be happening is that my working XF86Config for sharing the image across the two monitors only shows half that display on one monitor. However, after starting X with a config that SHOULDN'T work, but does work and gives a mirrored two screen image, I can then put the first config back in place, restart X and get the setup I want with my display stretched across two monitors. (Thereafter both monitors work in console mode as well, but not before).
We're pretty puzzled, because there doesn't seem to be anything being loaded/stated in the second config that isn't in the first. It's all a bit technical for me :-(
Thanks, Jenny