I installed 13.1 64bits, and since the Nvidia repo is not up yet, i decided to play with the Nouveau driver, to try and set-up dual monitors.
I ran arandr and got this script:
#!/bin/sh
xrandr --output VGA-1 --mode 1680x1050 --pos 1680x0 --rotate normal --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1680x1050 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal --output HDMI-1 --off
I have two identical monitors, one is to the right of the other.
When i run this script I do get the desired output except for one little quirk : The screen’s refresh/update doesn’t seem to work on the right monitor (VGA). if I move an application’s window around, it will leave a trail of all the previous windows and not refresh the screen. I’m attaching a sample screen capture:
Any ideas hot to fix it ?
thank you
http://ronen.homelinux.net/temp/dual_screen.jpg
This is the output or xrandr:
~> xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3360 x 1050, maximum 8192 x 8192
DVI-I-1 connected 1680x1050+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 430mm x 270mm
1680x1050 59.9*+
1280x1024 75.0 60.0
1152x864 75.0
1024x768 75.1 60.0
800x600 75.0 60.3
640x480 75.0 60.0
720x400 70.1
HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA-1 connected 1680x1050+1680+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 430mm x 270mm
1680x1050 60.0*+
1280x1024 75.0 60.0
1152x864 75.0
1024x768 75.1 60.0
800x600 75.0 60.3
640x480 75.0 60.0
720x400 70.1