Done, that worked on my reboot. One question though when I tried to open the file through the terminal while in root I got a Gconf error and ihad to do it from the gui, not a huge deal, I was just curious, everything works now. On 1/21/10, Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thursday 21 January 2010 03:26:31 Matt Smith wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko@xxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> > On Wednesday 20 January 2010 01:26:06 Matt Smith wrote: >> > This is also the file you need to edit in order to activate the radeon >> > driver >> > and get a dual-monitor system (hopefully). Attach it and post it here, >> > and then I'll tell you exactly what and how to modify in it. > > Ok, your xorg.conf file is simpler than I thought. This is what you need to > do: > > 1) Open a terminal > 2) Type > > su - > > 3) The su will ask for the root password. Type it in. > 4) Type > > gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf > > 5) A text editor should open for you and have the contents of xorg.conf > displayed. > 6) Delete the word "vesa" and put "radeon" in its place. > 7) Save the file and close the editor. > 8) Make sure your both monitors are plugged in. > 9) Reboot the computer. > 10) After you log in again, send me again the /var/log/Xorg.0.log and the > output of xrandr. > > If all goes well, X will use the radeon driver, xrandr will become smarter > and > it will be a matter of using a single xrandr command to turn on the other > monitor. > > Best, :-) > Marko > > > > > > -- Sent from my mobile device -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
