Bugzilla – Bug 383098
Multihead: Dualhead setup not detected
Last modified: 2008-04-24 09:01:00 UTC
I've installed all packages from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/federico-mena:/multiscreen/openSUSE_Factory/ and ran gnome-display-properties. Although I'm running a radeonhd Dualhead environment (2x 1680x1050) the tool doesn't offer me more than to switch the resolution. :-( "Rotation" is greyed out, which is ok, since the driver doesn't support it yet. "Refresh rate" is fixed to 60Hz, which is probably ok as well. # xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3360 x 1050, maximum 3360 x 1050 DVI-I_1/analog disconnected DVI-I_1/digital connected 1680x1050+0+0 433mm x 271mm 1680x1050 59.9*+ 60.0 59.9 59.9* 1280x1024 59.9 1280x960 59.9 1024x768 60.0 800x600 60.3 56.2 640x480 60.0 DVI-I_2/analog disconnected DVI-I_2/digital connected 1680x1050+1680+0 433mm x 271mm 1680x1050 59.9*+ 59.9 1280x1024 75.0 59.9 1280x960 59.9 1152x864 75.0 74.9 69.8 1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0 832x624 74.6 800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2 640x480 75.0 72.8 66.7 60.0 It doesn't matter if I start gnome-display-properties in a KDE3 or GNOME session. The results are the same.
After updating the packages the tool works fine. I've tested clone mode ("Mirror Screens") and positioning side-by-side. Package changes since my initial comment according to RPM changelog: gnome-desktop/libgnome-desktop-2-2 * Wed Apr 16 2008 - federico@novell.com - Added gnome-desktop-randr-1.2.diff to integrate the new functionality to configure RandR 1.2. gnome-settings-daemon * Wed Apr 16 2008 - federico@novell.com - Added gnome-settings-daemon-randr-1.2.diff to integrate the new functionality to configure RandR 1.2. gnome-control-center * Wed Apr 16 2008 - federico@novell.com - Added gnome-control-center-randr-1.2.diff to integrate the new functionality to configure RandR 1.2. * Tue Apr 15 2008 ro@suse.de - added also provides for old name, not just obsoletes * Mon Apr 14 2008 rodrigo@suse.de - Renamed to gnome-control-center, like upstream - Removed desktop-effects patch, moved to simple-ccsm The tool works only on top of the GNOME desktop. It doesn't change anything when running on KDE3/KDE4. "Sending client message" but nothing happens. This is probably known and expected behaviour.
Yeah, this is only GNOME. For KDE, there's a GsOC project; http://code.google.com/soc/2008/kde/appinfo.html?csaid=EAB3DBE72F209C37