[Gslug-general] Ubuntu, ATI, Compiz, Dual Monitor Fun

[David]

Is that the 780g chipset?  Just inquiring because there was a new fglrx 
driver from ati on the ubuntu64 ibex flavor for a 780g tablet.  Don't know 
about twin view... and too new to the scene to hate, daamit.



> On Mon, Nov 03, 2008 at 10:39:30AM -0700, Bryan McLellan wrote:
>>On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Aaron Appelbaum <aonoraha at gmail.com> 
>>wrote:
>>> I am hoping that someone on this list is an ATI expert. I just installed
>>> Ibex, but I have been having the problem described below on prior 
>>> versions
>>> of Ubuntu.
>>
>>I share the general ATI hate. My desktop at work has an ATI card and I
>>just miss twinview. I settled for running without compiz back when I
>>was having problems, and I haven't tried to configure it since. I am
>>running intrepid now.
>>
>>I found [1] clearing my xorg.conf and running aticonfig to get the
>>best results, such as:
>>
>>aticonfig ?initial=dual-head ?dtop=horizontal
>>
>>It's the closest I've gotten to twinview.
>
> Oof, thanks for the heads up, gang.  Anybody had Issues with ATI and a
> *single* monitor on Ibex?  I've got a Dell small-form-factor desktop with
> the ATI enhanced graphics.... works nice under Hardy, and might keep it 
> that
> way for a while, but wanted to know if there was a good reason not to
> switch....
>
> -- Glenn
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