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Fedora 18 Refuses to use Zaphod Heads

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I am trying to configure an installation of Fedora 18 to use Zaphod Heads to provide a proper dual monitor experince. I copied over the xorg.conf file that worked on Fedora 17 to /etc/X11 on the new installation and while it does indeed seem to take the file (it recognizes my option for enabling Crtl-Alt-Backspace again) it does not follow it's screen recomdations. All I get is one mirrored screen, or if I use xrander I can get one stretched screen, but not the two seperate X screens that the xorg.conf is supposed to enforce.

I have tried to configure this on one Fedora 18 setup using Xfce as well as both the Xfce and LXDE live media, and each time I have gotten the same result - mirrored heads. I need this to work as it is vital to allowing me to have proper dual head as well as gaming, as I have elaborated on in a previous thread:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archiv.../t-269810.html

So any suggestions as to why Fedora is suddenly not taking my X configuration seriously?

---------- Post added at 07:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:32 PM ----------

Looking at my Xorg.0.log entry may have revealed something to me.

So far so good:
Quote:

[ 1761.698] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 1761.698] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 1761.699] (==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
[ 1761.699] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[ 1761.699] (**) | |-->Monitor "RightHead"
[ 1761.699] (**) | |-->Device "Card0"
[ 1761.699] (**) |-->Screen "Screen1" (1)
[ 1761.699] (**) | |-->Monitor "LeftHead"
[ 1761.699] (**) | |-->Device "Card1"
Then things get a little odd:
Quote:

[ 1761.707] (II) [KMS] Kernel modesetting enabled.
[ 1761.707] Requested Entity already in use!
[ 1761.708] (II) [KMS] Kernel modesetting enabled.
[ 1761.708] (EE) Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section.
[ 1761.708] (II) UnloadModule: "radeon"


---------- Post added 9th February 2013 at 02:46 AM ---------- Previous post was 8th February 2013 at 07:54 PM ----------

So I have modified my xorg.conf file and now I am not getting those messages in my log. It now is also using a stretched screen setup rather than the zaphod heads prescribed, and it is not using the display resolutions specified nor is it using the proper primary monitor.

Quote:

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "DVI-0"
Option "ModelName" "Acer Technologies 17''"
Option "DPMS" "true"
Option "TargetRefresh" "75"
Option "Position" "0 0"
Option "Rotate" "normal"
Option "Disable" "false"
Option "Primary" "On"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "VGA-0"
Option "ModelName" "Samsung Electric Company 16''"
Option "DPMS" "true"
Option "TargetRefresh" "85"
Option "Rotate" "normal"
Option "Disable" "false"
Option "LeftOf" "DVI-0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "radeon"
Option "ColorTiling" "true"
Option "SwapbuffersWait" "off"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "on"
Option "ZaphodHeads" "DVI-0"
BusID "PCI:02:00.0"
Screen 0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "radeon"
Option "ColorTiling" "true"
Option "SwapbuffersWait" "off"
Option "EnablePageFlip" "on"
Option "ZaphodHeads" "VGA-0"
BusID "PCI:02:00.0"
Screen 1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "DVI-0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card1"
Monitor "VGA-0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen "Screen1" LeftOf "Screen0"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Keyboard Defaults"
MatchIsKeyboard "yes"
Option "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
EndSection

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