Multiple Monitors

[CrusaderAD]

Can someone drop me some help on having multiple monitors in Kubuntu? I attached a screenshot. It recognizes both monitors, but it doesn't enable it, they're just mirrored. It works in Ubuntu... any ideas?

[audiomick]

Hi.
I don't use KDE, but: what do you get if you go down to the "multiple monitors" option that is visible in your screen shot?

[SuperSonic4]

Also what video card/driver do you have? Multiple monitors is a doddle with nvidia

[CrusaderAD]

Hi.
I don't use KDE, but: what do you get if you go down to the "multiple monitors" option that is visible in your screen shot?

Thanks for the replies. I did try this... it just says that it's not configured. No options. It's an ATI video card.

[audiomick]

Ok. I have nvidia, so I will run out of suggestions fairly quickly. First, obvious question: have you got the ATI driver installed?

[CrusaderAD]

Ok. I have nvidia, so I will run out of suggestions fairly quickly. First, obvious question: have you got the ATI driver installed?

lol, no problem. I just have the default drivers installed. No proprietary drivers are in use, it doesn't detect anything. Dual monitors do work when I boot into Ubuntu, just not Kubuntu.

[CrusaderAD]

EDIT: it's only one ATI Radeon x1550 card. It has two ports for multiple monitors.

[audiomick]

One other thing, I completely forgot about this. I use two video cards. One on board (I think it's an intel) and one ATI X1550.

That makes it interesting...
Have you done

lspci

to make sure it the ATI card is being found. I daresay it is, as it works in Ubuntu, but have a look anyway.

[CrusaderAD]

Here's the output, looks like it does find it ok. Would the output be different in KDE?

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562V-2 10/100 Network Connection (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801IR (ICH9R) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 4 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV505 [Radeon X1550 Series]
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV505 [Radeon X1550 Series] (Secondary)

[audiomick]

Here's the output, looks like it does find it ok. Would the output be different in KDE?

Yes it is there. I can't imagine why it wouldn't show up in KDE. That is way below the GUI level, as far as I know.