X11 multiple monitors, how to arrange them in X?

asked 2014-09-27 17:03:44 -0600

lrosenman
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updated 2014-09-29 00:29:26 -0600

mether
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I have a ThinkPad W520 with a docking station, and 2 LCD's on the dock, and the ThinkPad LCD.

I have all 3 monitors working but not in the correct "order".

Currently the TP LCD is in the middle, and the 2 DS LCD's are on either side.

X thinks it's TP LCD, DS LCD1, DS LCD2.

How can I get it to have the DS LCD's on either side of the TP LCD?

/etc/X11/xorg.conf:

[ler@LER-fedora-w520 ~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# Xorg configuration file for using a tri-head display setup with a Thinkpad W520 in linux 

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "DisplayPort Screen 0" 0 0
    Screen      1  "DisplayPort Screen 1" RightOf "DisplayPort Screen 0"
    Screen         "Thinkpad Screen" LeftOf "DisplayPort Screen 0"
    Option         "Xinerama" "on"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "DisplayPort Monitor 0"
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "DisplayPort Monitor 1"
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Thinkpad Display"
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Nvidia Device 0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "Quadro 1000M"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          0
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Nvidia Device 1"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "Quadro 1000M"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Screen          1
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Intel Device"
    Driver         "intel"
    BusID          "PCI:00:02:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "DisplayPort Screen 0"
    Device         "Nvidia Device 0"
    Monitor        "DisplayPort Monitor 0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    #Option         "TwinView" "0"
    #Option         "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-2"
    Option         "metamodes" "DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "DisplayPort Screen 1"
    Device         "Nvidia Device 1"
    Monitor        "DisplayPort Monitor 1"
    DefaultDepth    24
    #Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "DFP: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Thinkpad Screen"
    Device         "Intel Device"
    Monitor        "Thinkpad Display"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
    Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection
[ler@LER-fedora-w520 ~]$

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Click on Settings -> Display. What happens?

Abraham Simpson ( 2014-10-07 16:48:10 -0600 )edit

The can where to buy this: docking station?

kholyphoenix0 ( 2015-02-10 06:55:37 -0600 )edit

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answered 2014-10-12 01:58:10 -0600

MrSinaRJ

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updated 2014-10-12 02:00:59 -0600

I answered to your question twice, but now I found what is the problem here :)

in this section it says that DisplayPort Screen 0 is the middle one, you can understand that because it follows with "RightOf" and "LeftOf" for the other screens you have :)

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "DisplayPort Screen 0" 0 0
    Screen      1  "DisplayPort Screen 1" RightOf "DisplayPort Screen 0"
    Screen         "Thinkpad Screen" LeftOf "DisplayPort Screen 0"
    Option         "Xinerama" "on"
EndSection

change them into this and you'll get what you want:

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "Layout0"
        Screen         "Thinkpad Screen" 0 0
        Screen      1  "DisplayPort Screen 1" RightOf "Thinkpad Screen"
        Screen      0  "DisplayPort Screen 0" LeftOf "Thinkpad Screen"
        Option         "Xinerama" "on"
    EndSection

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answered 2015-02-10 12:51:14 -0600

sergiomb

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Hi , this Nvidia Quadro are very tricky but I think they already work with x11-drv-nouveau if so , if you use open drives. You don't need set xorg.conf , you just need use xrandr command. In kde you got "quick display configuration" and can configure the monitors position without restart X

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answered 2014-09-28 02:46:47 -0600

hedayat
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TBH, I've never checked how it looks like in xorg.conf; however, this can be easily done with nvidia-settings GUI tool: run it and in the screen configuration screen you can select the relative position of each screen relative to the "main" one. So, select TP LCD as the 'main' screen, and for each DS LCD select the relative position to be right and left side of the main screen respectively. Apply the changes to see if it is what you want, and finally save the changes.

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nvidia-settings doesn't see the LCD on the Thinkpad.

lrosenman ( 2014-09-28 11:42:57 -0600 )edit

Oops, it's strange! :P

hedayat ( 2014-09-28 13:52:59 -0600 )edit

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