I've recently upgraded by desktop computer so it now has Intel H67
Integrated Graphics built into the motherboard and I have an additional
Geforce 8400GS graphics card in the PCI-express slot. I have two
monitors, the primary an 24in Iiyama connected via hdmi cable to the
mother boards graphics and an older 17in Iiyama connected via VGA (no
other choice) cable to the Geforce card.
After a brief check of the BIOS settings, I got it to boot with the
primary monitor being the H67 integrated graphics
Booting up Debian (unstable) the graphics displayed fine on the primary
monitor and the secondary monitor gained a few diagnostic messages
during boot (seemingly related to its graphics card) but nothing else.
I am now in the middle of trying to configure X support across two monitors.
After a few false starts I now have an xorg.conf file (see below) that
does not show any error messages, shows and works with the primary
monitor perfectly (including the keyboard and mouse). BUT the secondary
monitor is blank (not even displaying the old text messages) and I
cannot see how it is activated
I have looked at the Xorg.0.log file and it shows the recognition of the
two configured screens and device drivers and you see it probing the
various parameters for the intel graphics, but I cannot see it doing
anything with the Nouveau driver and the Geforce 8400GS.
Can someone guide me to getting the second screen working.
xorg.conf:
Section "Device"
Identifier "H67 Integrated Graphics"
Driver "intel"
BusID "00:02:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "GForce 8400GS"
Driver "Nouveau"
BusID "01:00:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Iiyama 24in"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Iiyama 17in"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Primary Screen"
Device "H67 Integrated Graphics"
Monitor "Iiyama 24in"
DefaultDepth 24
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Secondary Screen"
Device "GForce 8400GS"
Monitor "Iiyama 17in"
DefaultDepth 24
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Primary Screen" 0 0
Screen 1 "Secondary Screen" RightOf "Primary Screen"
EndSection
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Alan Chandler
http://www.chandlerfamily.org.uk
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