5 starting the x server in multi-screen mode – Tech Source Raptor Drivers for Linux User Manual

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5.5 Starting the X Server in Multi-Screen

Mode


The

XF86Config

file determines whether the X server starts up

in single-screen mode or multi-screen mode. Once the

XF86Config

file is set up, the procedure for starting the X

server (whether in single-screen or multi-screen mode) will be
the same.

To start the X server on multiple instances of the same type of
card in multi-screen mode, changes need to be made to the

ServerLayout

,

Device

and

Screen

sections. The following

example shows how to start X on two Raptor 1100T cards.

The

ServerLayout

section needs to be modified as shown.

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
# Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 0 "Raptor1100T" LeftOf "Raptor1100T-1"
Screen 1 "Raptor1100T-1" RightOf "Raptor1100T"
InputDevice "Mouse[1]" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard[0]" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection


The

Device

and the

Screen

sections in the

config

file need

to be copied and modified. Each Raptor card has its own

Device

and

Screen

section. Each of the

Device

and

Screen

sections has a unique

Identifier

field. The

Screen

section

of a given Raptor card has the

Device

field set to the

Identifier

of the corresponding

Device

section. In the

example below we use two Raptor 1100T cards.

# TSI Raptor 1100T XFree86 Configuration Sections
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "CustomMonitor"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 31 - 90
VertRefresh 55 - 120
EndSection

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